Universidad de Oviedo, Licentiate, Chemistry (1988)
Université de Strasbourg, International Industrial Property Center (CEIPI) – Degree in Patents (1996)
Université de Strasbourg, CEIPI, Degree in Patent Litigation (2007)

Mr. Bernardo is a founding partner of ABG Patentes and has more than twenty years of patent experience. His practice focuses on patent prosecution, including EPO oppositions and appeals, opinion work, portfolio management and advising in relation to IP strategy and litigation, principally in the pharmaceutical area. He is a qualified European Patent Attorney (EQE, 2004).

Mr. Bernardo has advised major pharmaceutical companies in several complex pan-European litigation cases and has considerable experience regarding Supplementary Protection Certificates for pharmaceuticals.

Before he founded ABG, Mr. Bernardo managed the patent department at Spanish pharmaceutical company Pharma Mar, S.A. (2001-03) and was an examiner at the European Patent Office in The Hague (1990-2001), concentrating in chemical technologies.

Mr. Bernardo is a member of the Committee of Experts in Biotechnological patents for the European Commission, a member of the Biotech Committee of the European Patent Attorney Institute, coordinator of the EPI-CEIPI course in European Patent Law in Madrid, and a frequent speaker in various international Industrial Property forums and courses.

Mr. Bernardo is a native Spanish speaker and is fluent in English, French, German and Dutch.