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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 Plant Varieties Committee of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI); advisor member, coordinator of the Patents and Industrial Design Working Group, and professor at the Professional Training Course on Industrial Property of the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI), besides coordinating the intermediate and advanced Patent courses; deputy coordinator in the new Study Commission on Bioeconomy and Sustainability of the Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property (ABPI); member of the Patents, Industrial Design, and Technology Transfer Committee of the São Paulo Association of Intellectual Property (ASPI) and a full member of the Fashion Law Commission (CDMD) of OAB/RJ. Additionally, he is a guest professor of the Intellectual Property module of the Management and Implementation of Technological Innovation Projects Course (GEPIT) at the Foundation for the Technological Development of Engineering at the University of São Paulo (FDTE-USP), and a speaker at various public and private institutes.
He was mentioned as an expert in Administrative Patent Procedures by IAM PATENT 1000 (The World’s Leading Patent Professionals) in the years 2017 to 2024 and he was also recognized for his valuable practice in the patent area by Leaders League in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, and as IP Leader by WIPR (World IP Review) 2023 and 2024. Additionally, he was recognized in the IAM Strategy 300 (The World’s Leading IP Strategists) in 2024 and in the IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders 2025.
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.
