Profile
Profile
Agent of Industrial Property graduated in Industrial Electronics from the National Institute of Specialization of the State of Rio de Janeiro and graduated in Biological Sciences from the Veiga de Almeida University – RJ. He has extensive knowledge of all phases of processing a patent application (from the prior search to the granting, as well as participation in the analysis of patents in judicial spheres as a technical assistant and expert) and of the rules in force in the country on Intellectual Property.
Leonardo participates actively in national and international congresses related to the field of Intellectual Property.
He is the President of the Patents and Trade Secrets Committee of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI); Director of Studies and Coordinator of the Patents and Industrial Design Working Group of the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI), as well as Coordinator of the Study Commission on Bioeconomy and Sustainability of the Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property (ABPI); and a speaker at various public and private institutes.
He was mentioned as an expert in Administrative Patent Procedures by IAM Patent1000 (The World’s Leading Patent Professionals) in the years 2017 to 2025 and he was also recognized for his valuable practice in the patent area by Leaders League in “Patent Prosecution” category in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, and as IP Leader by WIPR (World IP Review) 2023, 2024 and 2025. Additionally, he was recognized in the IAM Strategy 300 (The World’s Leading IP Strategists) in 2024 and 2025, in the IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders 2025, and in Lexology Index – IP 2025 named as Thought Leaders in the IP: Patents category.
He became a partner at Gruenbaum, Possinhas & Teixeira in 2015 and is responsible for the Patent, Innovation and Technology area.
Languages: Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Practice areas: Patents, Industrial Designs, Software Registries and Plant Varieties.
