Mariana leads the Patent Department, advising both domestic and international clients and inventors on patent application drafting and filing strategies, as well as managing the process before the Patent Office. Since 2001, she has also coordinated the filing and prosecution of patent and design applications in Latin American and Central American countries.
Additionally, she conducts patentability analysis, prior art searches, third-party observations in patent proceedings, and provides guidance on all general aspects related to the protection of inventions, developments, and designs through patents, utility models, and industrial designs.
With her background and experience, Mariana specializes in chemistry, molecular biology, immunology, biotechnology, medical devices, diagnostic kits, and pharmaceutical products. However, her extensive work in the patent field has given her significant expertise in various technical areas, making her highly versatile in handling patent matters across different technologies.
Mariana also heads the Models and Industrial Designs department and coordinates the filing and prosecution of Plant Varieties at INASE.
Before joining Noetinger & Armando, she was a researcher and lecturer in the Oncology Immunology section of the Hematological Research Institute (Mariano Castex, National Academy of Medicine), where she conducted teaching, research, and assistance activities (1984-1989). As a staff biochemist, she led the Molecular Biology and Cellular and Humoral Immunology teams at Buenos Aires LAB (1984-1998).
Mariana is the former Co-Chair of the Latin American Intellectual Property Practice Committee of AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association) and actively participates in several committees of the association. She is also a member of the patent committee of the Argentine IP association (AAAPI) and of the Biotech committee of FICPI. She is also a speaker and attendee at various international seminars and conferences on Industrial Property.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
- “Patent term Extension in Argentina”, AIPLA Biotech Buzz, International Subcommittee, 2013
- “Interacción entre cicloheximida y Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) en células L-929.” Trimarchi Jurado, H., Bullrich M., Mistchenko A.S, Diez R.A. Presented at the XXXIV Meeting of the Sociedad Argentina de Investigación Clínica, Mar del Plata, November,1989. Published in Medicina 49(5):461.
- “Estimulación de los neutrófilos: sinergismo de acción”. Putruele M.I, Prat, A., Bullrich, M., Lazarowski E.R, Sánchez Avalos J.C. Presented at the XXXI Annual Meeting of the Sociedad Argentina de Investigación Clínica, Mar del Plata, November 1986. Published in Medicina 1986; 46(5).
