Renata Campello Afonso

Experience

Distinguished by a solid track record established since 1999, she provides high-level Intellectual Property counsel across a wide range of industries—notably chemistry, chemical engineering, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and materials science—focusing on the comprehensive management and protection of innovation assets. Her practice encompasses end-to-end patent prosecution, from technical drafting, prior art searches, and patentability assessments to freedom-to-operate (FTO) opinions, global protection strategies, and handling office actions before the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI).

Her dual background in Chemical Engineering and Law provides a unique, highly strategic, and multidisciplinary perspective, seamlessly combining technical-scientific rigor with legal certainty to advise domestic and multinational corporations, tech startups, and academic and research institutions.

Registered Chemical Engineer before the Regional Council of Chemistry – 3rd Region (CRQ-III).
Member of Brazilian Bar Association (OAB).
Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).

Education

• •B.Sc.in Chemical Engineering – Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ (2004)
• •LL.B, Estácio de Sá University (2010)

Specialties

• •Patents
• •Industrial Design
• •Plant Varieties
• •ANVISA
• •Patent Litigation

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