Dorotea Rigamonti

European and Italian Patent Attorney – Chemical & Pharmaceutical Department

dorotea rigamonti

European and Italian Patent Attorney,
Chemical & Pharmaceutical Department

Dorotea Rigamonti is an Italian Patent Attorney and a European Patent Attorney, as well as an EUIPO professional representative for designs. She is also qualified as European Patent Litigator before the future Unified Patent Court (UPC).

Dorotea has a unique experience, which starts from years of laboratory studies that led her to found one of the first university spin-offs in Italy. On this premise, she based her professional experience in industrial property, developed by working since 2010 in a leading Italian firm.

Dorotea deals with all aspects of the management of Clients’ patent portfolio, from definition of the protection strategy to drafting, filing and prosecution of patent applications up to litigation, with a focus in the biotechnological and pharmaceutical fields. Dorotea’s practice also includes working closely with Investors, assisting them from an IP perspective in due diligence processes.

She has dealt extensively with patents covering molecular diagnostic methods, pharmaceutical compositions, new compounds, medical devices, green biotechnologies.

She attended, as invited speaker, several events and training seminars on IP topics.

Before dealing with IP, Dorotea conducted an extensive research work in a molecular and cellular biology research laboratory, working with Prof. Elena Cattaneo at the University of Milano. She studied the molecular mechanisms underlying a degenerative central nervous system disease, obtaining results which were published on leading scientific journals.

Dorotea also established a university spin-off, one of the first established in Italy. Thanks to that, she acquired, inter alia, a direct experience in technology transfer and interaction with investors, an experience that she enthusiastically transfers to her current practice.

Education: University of Milan, Italy – Graduation in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies, (1998)
University of Milan, Italy – Specialization in Pharmacology from the Faculty of Pharmacy, (2000)
University of Milan, Italy – PhD in “Pharmacotoxicological and Pharmacognostic Sciences and Pharmacological Biotechnologies” (2004)
University of Milan – Advanced Course in Intellectual Property, European Patent Litigation CertificaPolitecnico di Milano – Advanced Course in Intellectual Property, (2012)
te, (2010)

Admitted: Italian Patent Attorney (2012)
European Patent Attorney (2015)
European Patent Litigator

Languages: Italian, English

Dorotea Rigamonti
Tel.: (+39) 02 67076878

Marchi & Partners S.r.l. – Via Vittor Pisani, 13 – 20124 Milano, Italy – Tel: +39 02 67076878
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Marchi & Partners S.r.l. – Via Vittor Pisani, 13
20124 Milano, Italy – Tel: +39 02 67076878
Tax Code, VAT and Company Registry of Milan:
11663540158 – Privacy Policy & Legal