Elena Martín is a senior associate in the Intellectual Property Department at Garrigues, where she joined as a patent attorney in the area of life sciences and chemistry. She specializes in providing technical advice on the drafting, prosecution and management of patent rights, both nationally and internationally, in accordance with the patent granting procedures of the SPTO, EPO and USPTO, as well as the PCT procedure. She also specializes in drafting patentability, Freedom to Operate (FTO), invalidity and infringement reports. She also participates as technical support for the legal department of Industrial and Intellectual Property in legal proceedings for infringement and invalidity of patent rights. Her main activity is focused, due to her academic training, on advising companies in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sector, although she has experience in other sectors such as petrochemical, food or agrochemical. She is also a European Patent Attorney (EQE).