Mariana Bullrich

Partner – Head of Patent Department

Mariana joined Noetinger & Armando in 1998 and leads the Patent Department.

She holds a degree in Biochemistry from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, and is a Registered Industrial Property Agent.

Before joining Noetinger & Armando, she worked as a researcher and lecturer in the Oncological Immunology section at the Mariano Castex Institute of Hematological Research, National Academy of Medicine, and led the Molecular Biology and Cellular & Humoral Immunology teams at Buenos Aires LAB.

Mariana and her team advise domestic and international clients on patent searches, patentability analyses, drafting strategies, filing, and prosecution of patent applications, utility models, and industrial designs. She also provides technical support to the litigation team in patent infringement and nullity cases in Argentina and other Latin American jurisdictions.

From 2019 to 2021, she served as Chair of the Latin America IP Practice Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and remains active in several of its committees. She is also a member of the Patent Committee of the Argentine Association of Intellectual Property Agents (AAAPI) and the Biotechnology Committee (CT5) of the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI). Additionally, she has been a speaker and panelist at numerous academic and professional seminars and workshops.

Notable Publications & Activities:

  • AIPLA: Host and speaker at the Women in IP Global Networking Event – Buenos Aires, April 2024.
  • Moderator of the panel "Régimen de las invenciones universitarias y de las instituciones públicas. ¿Cómo gestionan la innovación y la protección de su propiedad intelectual?" at the XXXVI Jornadas Anuales de Propiedad Industrial – August 2022.
  • AIPLA: Host and speaker at the Women in IP Global Networking Event – Buenos Aires, April 2023
  • "Argentina adopta la norma ST.26 de la OMPI para la presentación de listados de secuencias" (Marcasur, July 2022).
  • "Patent enforcement & proceedings, Argentina Chapter 2022." Lexology, Getting the Deal Through (2021 & 2022).
  • "Plazos de vigencia improrrogables y demoras en el trámite de patentes en Latinoamérica" (Marcasur, December 2021).
  • AIPLA: Coordinator of the virtual annual meeting of the AIPLA Latin America IP Committee in Colombia – May 28-29, 2021.
  • "Denominaciones Comunes Internacionales (DCI) para los principios activos de las vacunas contra el COVID-19" (April 2021).
  • "A Dream: A Universal Life Sciences Patent Application" (co-authored with Suzannah K. Sundby) (October 2020).
  • CIPA (Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys): Speaker at the "Latin America. Patent Law and Practice" webinar – July 9, 2020.
  • AAAPI: Coordinator of the workshop "Sistemas de aceleración del trámite de patentes" at the XXXI Jornadas Anuales de Propiedad Industrial – August 24-25, 2017.
  • AIPLA: Host and speaker at the Women in IP Global Networking Event – Buenos Aires, May 21, 2015.
  • ASIPI: Speaker at the Seminario "La Propiedad Intelectual en la Agricultura" – Taller sobre redacción de reivindicaciones de patentes químico-agrícolas – Asunción, Paraguay, March 15-17, 2015.
  • "Patent term extension in Argentina," AIPLA Biotech Buzz, International Subcommittee, 2013.
  • “Interacción entre cicloheximida y Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) en células L-929” (published in Medicina, 49(5):461, 1989).
  • "Estimulación de los neutrófilos: sinergismo de acción” (published in Medicina, 46(5), 1986).