Cecilia Ranilla

Cecilia Ranilla

Patent Paralegal

Professional Qualifications

  • Spanish Patent and Trademark Agent (2007)

  • Course in European Patent Law, organized by the Center for International Studies on Intellectual Property (CEIPI) of the University of Strasbourg (2020)

  • European Patent Administrator Certificate (EPAC) (2023)

Academic Qualifications

  • Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, M.Sc. in Business Administration and Management (2002)

Cecilia joined ABG in 2004. She heads the European/PCT/National Section, coordinating the filing and prosecution of International (PCT) and European patent applications, as well as any filing and prosecution before the Spanish Patents & Trademarks Office (SPTO). She also coordinates any procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and the SPTO.

She passed all necessary exams to become a Spanish Patent and Trademark Agent in 2007. She also obtained the European Patent Administrator Certificate (EPAC), granted by the EPO, in 2023.

Before joining ABG, she began her professional career in Intellectual Property in 2002, working at a Spanish IP firm in Madrid.

She has completed the Course in European Patent Law, organized by the Center for International Studies on Intellectual Property (CEIPI) of the University of Strasbourg.

Cecilia is a native speaker of Spanish and fluent in English.

Email: cranilla@abg-ip.com