Rodrigo Leyton

Patent Specialist

rleyton@carey.cl
+56 2 2928 2766



Patent Specialist of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical at Carey’s Intellectual Property and Information Technology Group. His advice focuses on national and international companies in intellectual and industrial property matters. Rodrigo is a professional in biological sciences, with experience in research and development, innovation, and entrepreneurship in biotechnological and agri-food industry projects. Also, he has experience in project formulation, project direction and project management, as well as in technology management and technology transfer.


ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Bio-business, Department of Biotechnology, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana (2024).

PUBLICATIONS

  • Co-inventor of patent application “Microorganisms for Biocontrol of Botrytis”, PCT (2018).
  • Co-inventor of patent application “Production of Reduced-Fat Fermented Products and its Manufacturing Method Thereof”, Chile (2017).

SEMINARS

  • Co-author of panel “Search for bacterial strains with useful properties for the food industry”, XI Ibero-American Congress on Food Engineering (2017).
  • Author of poster “Bacillus megaterium as a Vehicle for in situ expression of cytokines in salmonids”, XXXVI Chilean Congress of Microbiology (2014).

EDUCATION

  • Biochemist, Universidad de Chile (graduated with distinction).
  • National Workshop on Drafting of Patent Application, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI) (2022).
  • Master in Project Direction and Management, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Spain (2023).
  • General course on Intellectual Property, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2024).

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish.
  • English.

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