Ricardo Abrantes is a qualified European patent attorney, a Portuguese patent and trademark attorney and a European trademark and design attorney.
Mr Abrantes is one of the few professionals in Portugal to pass the qualifying European patent examination.
Mr Abrantes has a materials engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal.
He began his career, in 2009, as a patent drafter and prosecutor in a multinational IP group, where he was subsequently director of patent and trademark department for five years.
He has helped clients from all over the world, extensively, in developing strategies and solutions for patent, and IP management, namely advanced and defensive patent filings, with comprehensive patent prosecution experience in European, PCT and Portuguese patent applications, also by providing opinions and analysis on patentability, freedom to operate, and infringement matters.
He also has experience as a judicial patent expert appointed both by the courts and by the parties.
Over the years, Ricardo also gained wide experience in the registration of designs in Portugal and at European level. He also has experience in preparing requests for Supplementary Protection Certificates in Portugal.
Year Joined Firm: 2022
Education/Alumni: Materials Engineering
Network Memberships:
- EPI
- AIPPI
