Born in Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Academic Background:

• • Escola Técnica Federal de Química – CEFETQ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Technical Deegree in Chemistry, 1999)
• • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ, Brazil (Bachelor in Pharmacy, 2004)
• • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ, Brazil (Masters Deegree in Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry, 2012)
• • Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (MBA in Strategic and Economic Business, 2017)

Publications:

• • Patentability of Polymorphs: the interpretation of novelty and inventive step in Brazil. (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice,
• • Volume 13, Issue 10, 1 October 2018, Pages 820–827)
• • Transferência de Tecnologia: estratégias para a estruturação e gestão de núcleos de inovação tecnológica, Ed. Komedi, 2009 (SP), Cap
• • 6 – Proteção de Tecnologias.
• • Patents in Targets and Drugs for Unbalanced Cytokine and Chemokine Network Mediated Disorders (Recent Patents on
• • Inflammation & Allergy Drug Discovery, Vol 1(3), 2007, 176-182)
• • Patents in Targets and Drugs for Insulin Resistance: Correlation with Inflammatory Mediators (Recent Patents on Endocrine,
• • Metabolic & Immune Drug Discovery, Vol 1(3), 2007, 247-254)

Memberships:

• • ABPI
• • CRF-SP

Languages:

• • Portuguese, English and French

Areas of Practice:

Fernando has over 20 years of practice in Intellectual Property, especially in the chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnological areas, involving analysis of research projects, search and writing of patents, preparation of FTO (freedom to operate) reports and analysis of validity, technical assistance in litigation, administrative procedures at the BRPTO and the inclusion of industrial property in companies’ strategic objectives.