Victória Rocha Neuenschwander is a Biomedical Scientist and Patent Specialist who joined Licks Attorneys’ Rio de Janeiro office in 2022. She works with intellectual property, mainly with prosecution of patent applications/patents at the BRPTO, with emphasis on the pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnological field. Ms. Rocha acts performing searches, analyzing and reporting technical opinions from the BRPTO and ANVISA (Brazil’s FDA), preparing briefs to comply with or contest said technical opinions, as week as preparing and replying to third-party observations (pre-grant and postgrant oppositions). As a member of Licks Attorneys’ technical staff, she also assists the litigation team with her technical background in the biomedical field. Ms. Rocha has knowledge of the Brazilian Patent Statute, normative instructions and examination guidelines issued by the BRPTO, as well as the main intellectual property treaties.