Mateo Aboy
Visiting Scholar
2019-2020
Mateo Aboy joined the Petrie-Flom Center as a Visiting Scholar for the 2019-2020 academic year. During his time at the Center, Mateo will be conducting research related to the Center's Project on Precision Medicine, Artificial Intelligence, and the Law (PMAIL), including scholarly work on evidence-based IP studies of precision medicine inventions, medical device regulation (AI/ML SaMD), biomarker qualification, information security, and privacy and data protection law.
Mateo pursues research at the interface of engineering, law, and management sciences. He is currently researching the status of precision medicine inventions as patentable subject matter. A core component of this work is an in-depth quantitative analysis of trends in patenting activity and patent examination following key United States Supreme Court decisions affecting biomedical, biotech, and computer-implemented inventions (Myriad, Mayo, Alice), coupled with a comparative study of European patent law. This work sheds light on the implications of legal doctrine for prosecution strategies, licensing and innovation. Additionally, he pursues research on AI/ML SaMDs, medical device law, regulatory science, and data privacy law. This work has resulted in several Nature Biotechnology publications.
Mateo’s multidisciplinary background includes a combination of intellectual property, engineering, regulatory science, and management experience. He holds degrees in engineering and data science (BS, MS, MPhil, PhD), law (LLB), international management (MBA), as well as professional registrations as a Professional Chartered Engineer (EU/ES COIT), Certified Licensing Professional (CLP), Patent Practitioner licensed to practice in patent cases before the United States Patent Office (USPTO), Lead Implementer of Information Security Management Systems-ISMS (ISO 27001), and Lead Auditor of Medical Device Quality Management Systems (ISO 13485).
His professional experience includes work in various senior roles both in the private sector roles and in academia. As a patent practitioner, he has successfully prosecuted numerous cases before the USPTO, focusing primarily on medical device and computer-implemented inventions. He holds over 20 patents as an inventor and is the co-founder of APDM Wearable Technologies, Inc.
Mateo has taught university courses in engineering (computational data science, scientific & engineering computation, digital signal processing, electronics, programming, research methods & innovation), law (patent law for engineers & managers, business law), and management (strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship; engineering management). He is currently a Senior Research Scholar at the Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences at the University of Cambridge and an affiliated Professor and Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL) at the University of Copenhagen.
For more information about Mateo visit the University of Cambridge Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences website.