He started his career as a patent attorney by setting up his own office. In addition to working for a growing number of SME clients, he has been associated with a high-tech multinational as IP Counsel for five years. He is co-founder and partner/owner of IP Maison.
Coen assists clients in developing an IP strategy in the broadest sense and building a patent portfolio and everything that comes with it. From applying for and defending patents to drawing up internal IP guidelines and IP Management for larger clients. He is also a member of the PR committee of the Association of Patent Attorneys.
Coen is an entrepreneur pur-sang. His pragmatism and solution-oriented approach are characteristic. His technical work area extends from life sciences, biotechnology, biochemistry and medical technology to mechanical engineering, robotics and software.
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Scientific publications
Houben F, Willems CH, Declercq IL, Hochstenbach K, Kamps MA, Snoeckx LH, Ramaekers FC, Broers JL: Disturbed nuclear orientation and cellular migration in A-type lamin deficient cells. Biochimica et biophysica acta 2009, 1793:312-324.
Wolfs TG, Kallapur SG, Polglase GR, Pillow JJ, Nitsos I, Newnham JP, Chougnet CA, Kroon E, Spierings J, Willems CH, Jobe AH, Kramer BW: IL-1alpha mediated chorioamnionitis induces depletion of FoxP3+ cells and ileal inflammation in the ovine fetal gut. PloS one 2011, 6:e18355.
Willems CH, Kloosterboer N, Kunzmann S, Kramer BW, Zimmermann LJ, van Iwaarden JF: Dissociation of transforming growth factors beta1 and beta2 from surfactant protein A (SP-A) by deglycosylation or deoxycholate treatment. Journal of immunological methods 2012, 375:111-117.
Willems CH, Urlichs F, Seidenspinner S, Kunzmann S, Speer CP, Kramer BW: Poractant alfa (Curosurf(R)) increases phagocytosis of apoptotic neutrophils by alveolar macrophages in vivo. Respiratory research 2012, 13:17.
Willems CH, Zimmermann LJ, Langen RM, van den Bosch MJ, Kloosterboer N, Kramer BW, van Iwaarden JF: Surfactant protein a influences reepithelialization in an alveolocapillary model system. Lung 2012, 190:661-669.
Willems CH, Zimmermann LJ, Sanders PJ, Wagendorp M, Kloosterboer N, Cohen Tervaert JW, Duimel HJ, Verheyen FK, van Iwaarden JF: Alveolocapillary model system to study alveolar re-epithelialization. Experimental cell research 2013, 319:64-74.
Engel M, Nowacki RM, Reiss LK, Uhlig S, Willems CH, Kloosterboer N, van Iwaarden JF, Sewing AC, Seehase M, Lambermont VA, Collins JJ, Zimmermann LJ, Vos GD, Kramer BW: Comparison of recruitment manoeuvres in ventilated sheep with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Lung 2013, 191:77-86.
Willems CH, Zimmermann LJ, Kloosterboer N, Kramer BW, van Iwaarden JF: SP-A binds TGF-β with high affinity and differentially regulates the TGF-β pathway. Innate Immunity 2014, 20(2):192-9.
Engel M, Nowacki RM, Boden P, Reiss LK, Uhlig S, Reynaert NL, Gopal P, Wouters EF, Willems CH, Kloosterboer N, Wolfs TG, Zimmermann LJ, Vos GD, Kramer BW: The effects of dexamethasone and oxygen in ventilated adult sheep with early phase acute respiratory distress syndrome. Lung 2015, 193(1): 97-103.