Agustín Alconada

Agustín Alconada

Partner

Professional Qualifications

  • European Patent Attorney (EQE, 2007)

  • Representative before the Unified Patent Court (2023)

Academic Qualifications

  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid, M.Sc. Pharmacy (1988)

  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ph.D. Pharmacy (1993)

  • Université de Strasbourg, CEIPI, Diploma on Patent Litigation in Europe (2013)

Agustín joined ABG in 2007 and is a partner in the Biotechnology Department. His practice is focused on patent prosecution and patentability and freedom-to-operate opinion work related to biotechnology, particularly therapeutic methods using biomolecules, diagnostic and theranostic methods and stem cells among others. He is a qualified European Patent Attorney (EQE, 2007) and he became representative before the Unified Patent Court  in 2023.

He is a member of the Biotech Committee of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

“Making waves in the biotechnology department, Agustín Alconada serves as a repository of IP prowess as well as acute legal acumen, bringing experience as a patent examiner for the European Patent Office (EPO), as well as a career as a scientist for leading research institutions across the continent”, IAM Patent 1000 (2025)

Before he started at ABG, Agustín was an examiner in the European Patent office in Berlin (1999-2007) working in the fields of biotechnology and medical uses of biological products.

Prior to his career in intellectual property, Agustín worked as a scientist at the Biozentrum, University of Basel (1999-2001), the Pasteur Institute, Lille (1998-99), the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg (1994-98), and the Albert-Ludwigs Universität, Freiburg (1993-94).

“He has a deep technical knowledge that very few have”, IPStars from Managing IP

He has published papers in peer-reviewed journals (EMBO Journal, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, etc.) and presented his work at international scientific meetings.

Agustín is a native Spanish speaker and is fluent in English, German and French.

Email: aalconada@abg-ip.com

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Accolades

  • European Patent Office, Recommended Individual, IAM Patent 1000