VALITRA - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Managing Partner
• Managing Partner / Patent & Trademark Attorney

Duygu is a chemist and before cofounding VALITRA, she had been practicing in IP sector since 2010. She has studied chemistry at Istanbul Technical University. At the beginning her main focus was on scale inhibiting polymeric materials and after that she switched to working with oxazoline type compounds. She has worked as a teaching and research assistant at the Organic Chemistry Department of the Faculty of Science. Meanwhile she acquired expertise in polymer chemistry, organic chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry. She also possesses significant knowledge about molecular biology and biotechnology. She started her IP career in Biofarma Pharmaceuticals. Working as a patent specialist, her responsibility included drafting patents, conducting prior art searches and freedom to operate analysis, and tracking patent infringements. During her time in the company, she also gained in-depth experience related to pharmaceutical trademarks. After leaving Biofarma Pharmaceuticals, Duygu continued working in IP business both as a freelance and in-house patent translator and proofreader. She also gained experience about patent validation procedures. She is a sworn translator since 2017. Languages Turkish

Job Titles:

• Electronics Engineer
• Managing Partner
• Managing Partner / Patent & Trademark Attorney / Electronics Engineer

Merve, being cofounder of VALITRA, is an electronics engineer and has been working in IP business since 2010 with the title of Turkish Patent Attorney. She has graduated from the Department of Electronics Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Uludag University. She studied "The Extended Theory of the Boundary Diffraction Wave for PEC Surfaces" as an unpublished dissertation. During her undergraduate study, she also took courses related to electrics engineering and mechanical engineering. She has worked as a Patent & Trademark Attorney for various IP firms. Her practice covered managing and conducting all ranges of patent services, such as patent drafting, patent prosecution including national and PCT and EPC filings, patentability searches, patent drawings, and patentability analysis, as well as trademark services from filing to registration. She also has experience of working as a freelance patent translator and a proofreader. During her IP practice, Merve advised small, medium and large companies to protect their IP rights. She assists her clients in all kind of trademark and patent related issues from filing to grant. Languages Turkish Merve is an electronics engineer and has been working in IP business since 2010 with the title of Turkish Patent and Trademark Attorney.