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Rafael Tögel

Head of Brazilian Innovations and Patent Acquisition Practice

"Tögel combines his engineering background with legal expertise to create robust protection strategies for patrons’ innovations."

IAM Patent 1000 2025

Rafael Tögel is a strategist by nature.

IAM Patent 1000 - 2024

"Rafael Tögel leverages his background in engineering to build technically astute strategies for clients, which are swiftly accepted for registration.”

IAM Patent: Patent Prosecution 2023

"The go-to for prosecution"

IAM Patent: Patent Prosecution 2022

Rafael Tögel is a seasoned patent engineer, who heads the Brazilian Patents and Innovations practice at Licks Attorneys. He is also the head of the firm’s Curitiba office and co-head of the Mechanical practice.

Mr. Tögel’s work focuses on assisting clients to prosecute and obtain patent and design rights in Brazil and abroad. He directly interacts with clients’ research and development, engineering, and legal departments to provide assistance in patent due diligence, training, early stages basic research and innovation, helping clients to create and to develop patenting and design protection strategies.

Mr. Tögel is an expert in prior art searches, FTO investigations and analysis of patentability, patent drafting and claim drafting. His work also includes patent and design portfolio management in Brazil and worldwide, as well as prosecution strategies before the BRPTO.

Mr. Tögel also assists clients with monetizing R&D and advising in patent and technology transfer projects, participating in the decision-making process for IP rights protection. His main activities also include advising Brazilian clients on computer implemented inventions involving internet of things and artificial intelligence related matters.

Mr. Tögel is elected counselor and active member of the council of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK-PR) in Brazil. He is also a tutor at the Brazilian Association of Patent Agents on introduction to the Brazilian patent system, patentability of inventions, registration of designs, and patent drafting.

  • Portuguese
  • English
  • Spanish
  • German

  • Leaders League – Patent Prosecution (2025, 2019, 2018);
  • IAM Patent 1000 – Patent Prosecution (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018);
  • Leaders League – Patent Litigation (2019).

  • Elected counselor of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK-PR) in Brazil;
  • Member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR);
  • Member of the German Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP);
  • Member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI);
  • Member of the Brazilian German Association of Engineers (VDI-Brazil).
  • Member of the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI);
  • Member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI);
  • Member of the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI);
  • Member of the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI).

  • Graduate Program, Intelectual Property and E-Commerce, Positivo University – UP (2015);
  • Master in Business Administration (MBA), Management and Marketing, Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets – IBMEC (1999);
  • Bachelor's Degree (B.Sc), Mechanical Engineering with specialization on Industrial Engineering and Marketing, University of Applied Sciences Kempten – FHK (1995).