Biographies

Susanne Ås Sivborg

Present position:

Director General and President, Swedish Patent Office/Patent och Registreringsverket

Summary of professional experience:

1983 Graduation from Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden - M.Sc. Civ. Eng.

Sept. 1982 - Sept. 1985: Examiner at the Swedish Patent Office

Sept. 1985 - March 1991: Examiner at the European Patent Office in Munich

April 1991 - Sept. 1992: Patent Attorney at Albihns Patentbyrå in Stockholm, mechanical area

Sept. 1992 - Jun. 1999: Astra AB, Intellectual Property Department - different positions incl. Patent Attorney (1992-1995), Head of Section (1995-1998), Head of Patents (1998- Jun 1999)

April 1995: European Qualifying Examination

Jun 1999 - Jan 2000: AstraZeneca Global Intellectual Property, Associate Director, Patents

Feb. 2000 - Aug. 2003: Head of Group Intellectual Property, Electrolux, responsible for the Intellectual Property Organisation of about 30 people in four offices in Sweden, Germany, Italy and the US, and the IP portfolio of the company, including patents, trade marks, designs, domain names and copyright

Sept. 2003 - Mar 2008: Vice President AstraZeneca, Global Intellectual Property, responsible for the Intellectual Property Organisation with about 160 people in six offices in Sweden, UK and in the US, and the IP portfolio of the company, including patents, trade marks, designs, domain names and copyright