Thiago Guimarães do Espírito Santo is partner and patent counsel at Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Vieira de Mello. He is an electrical engineer who graduated from Rio de Janeiro State University in 2014 and has been working in the area ever since.

Thiago uses his expertise to assist national and international clients in the area of industrial property, more specifically related to the processing of patent applications in the electrical, electronics, telecommunications and mechanics fields.

Academic Background

Graduated in Electrical Engineering, with focus on electronic systems at Rio de Janeiro State University, in 2014.

Professional Experience

Elaboration, filing and monitoring of invention and utility model patent applications and industrial designs in Brazil and abroad, preparing responses to technical opinions, third-party submissions,consulting on patent matters, registering computer programs, elaborating technical opinions on patentability, scope of protection, infringement (freedom-to-operate).

Publications

• “Proteção à inteligência artificial”, ConJur, April 2023.
• “Overview on the patentability of applications related to AI”, The Patent Lawyer magazine, December 2022.
• “Brazilian PTO publishes Guidelines for Examining Patent Applications Involving Computer-Implemented Inventions”, Conjur, January 2021.
• “Brasil se alinha ao futuro das Invenções Implementadas em Computador”, Jornal Estadão, January 2021.