Dear Colleagues, As you may be aware, WIPO Standard ST.26 introduced a change regarding the minimum length requirement for nucleotide and amino acid...
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Millena Lourenço
Patent Specialist
Millena Lourenço is a biologist and has two undergraduate education in Biological Sciences, with emphasis in Ecology. She has academic experience in the Life Sciences area, such as: zoology, ecology, plant tissue collection and fieldwork, as well as practical experience in plant anatomy research laboratory, working with phanerogams tissue collection and fieldwork.
During her undergraduate education, she joined Immunopharmacology laboratory at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), wherein she had the opportunity to participate in research projects in the Biotechnology, Pharmacology and Immunology areas.
At Daniel Law, she is a Patent Specialist and assists the clients through the prosecution of a patent application, communicating and compliance/challenging technical opinions issued by the Brazilian PTO, as well as preparing subsidies for technical examination. She also operate in cases of plant variety protection and registration.
Practice Areas
Patents
Biology
Biotechnology
Chemistry
Biology
Biotechnology
Chemistry
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Biology at Universidade Veiga de Almeida (UVA), with final graduation work “The effect of minocycline on cognitive impairment associated with cerebral malaria”;
Graduated in Biology at Universidade Veiga de Almeida (UVA), with final graduation work “The Montessori method applied in science teaching”.
Graduated in Biology at Universidade Veiga de Almeida (UVA), with final graduation work “The Montessori method applied in science teaching”.
Affiliations, Commissions and Collegiate
Languages
Portuguese and English.
Articles
New Approaches to Indexing and Standardizing Biological Sequence Data
By Millena Lourenço and Karoline Coelho (Patent Specialists in the Chemical & Life Sciences Group at Daniel Law) Pull Quote: "Initiatives like...
New Approaches to Indexing and Standardizing Biological Sequence Data
“Initiatives like MetaGraph and the adoption of Standard ST.26 represent a concerted effort to harness global biological sequence data through...
The Standard ST.26 era for patent applications with biological sequences has officially arrived in Brazil
The intention to harmonize sequence listing practices across all patent offices resulted in a new requirement to be complied with for patent...
Brazilian PTO publishes the final version of the guidelines for examining inventions related to transgenic plants, especially elite events
As previously reported, in June of last year, the Brazilian PTO opened a public consultation on the technical note regarding patentability...
Standard ST.26 implementation for Sequence Listing files in Brazil: particularities
As previously informed, the transition of Sequence Listing files from Standard ST.25 to Standard ST.26 began last Friday (July 1st, 2022),...
Brazilian PTO opens Public Consultation on Technical Note BRPTO/CPAPD #01/2022, regarding the patentability of inventions associated with transgenic plants, especially elite events
On June 01, 2022, the Brazilian PTO announced, through Official Gazette #103, that the Public Consultation on Technical Note BRPTO/CPAPD #01/2022 is...
Brazilian PTO announces additional clarifications on the implementation of Sequence Listing files in Standard ST.26
Continuing our previous communications on the transition of Sequence Listing files from Standard ST.25 (.txt) to the Standard ST.26 (.xml) for...
Public Consultation – Brazilian PTO’s technical note regarding the patentability of inventions associated with transgenic plants is temporarily suspended
On April 19, 2022, the Brazilian PTO published in Industrial Property Journal #2676 the suspension of the applicability of the Technical Note...
Brazilian PTO clarifies patentability requirements for inventions related to transgenic plants, especially elite events
Background: Based on the provisions of Article 10 (IX) of the Brazilian IP Law # 9,279/96, natural living beings (animals and plants), in whole or...
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Ordinance PR # 56/2021: Brazilian PTO postpones obligation to submit Sequence Listing file in Standard ST.26 format to July 2022
On December 28, the Brazilian PTO published Ordinance PR # 56/2021, with new conditions for the submission of Sequence Listing files. The new...
Biological Sequence Listing Using XML in Patent Applications: Implementation Plan And Main Modifications
At the end of 2020, the Brazilian PTO published Ordinance PR # 405 with new rules for presenting the Sequence Listing files as part of biotechnology...