Ana heads Global IP Partners’ Patent Search Engineering practice from the US office, where she manages a team of 40+ specialist search engineers supporting corporate IP units and law firms worldwide. She holds a Master’s degree in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering and has extensive experience applying US patent law. Ana designs and quality-controls complex search and analysis programs across advanced technologies. Her responsibilities include leading validity and freedom-to-operate (FTO) searches, overseeing high-quality patent drafting and claim chart production, and directing strategic patent landscaping projects that inform prosecution, litigation, and R&D decision-making.

Key Expertise

• Prior art and validity searches (patent and non-patent literature)

• Freedom-to-operate (FTO) and patent landscape analysis

• High-quality patent drafting and claim charting

• Patent infringement analysis.

• Patentability assessments 

• Patent analytics and competitive intelligence