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Activities of the European Patent Office

Learn about the European Patent Office, its mission, services, and activities such as the European Patent Academy, ip4inno project, and international cooperation. Discover how the office supports innovation, competitiveness, and economic growth in Europe.

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Activities of the European Patent Office

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  1. Activities of the European Patent Office Jeremy Philpott WIPO - ICC, 16 September 2008

  2. Contents • Introduction to the European Patent Office • Introduction to the European Patent Academy • Innovation Support • ip4inno • EPO PD 51 - International Co-operation

  3. The European Patent Office Our mission As the patent office for Europe, we support innovation, competitiveness and economic growth across Europe through a commitment to high quality and efficient services delivered under the European Patent Convention. European Patent Convention covers 34 member states European Patent Office

  4. Munich 3 514 The Hague 2 579 Berlin 283 Vienna 119 Brussels 4 Total 6 499 The European Patent Office Filed applications Staff (Dec 2007) Around 60% are patent examiners European Patent Office

  5. European Patent Academy • Founded in 2005; based in Munich • Promotes and supports patent-related IP training in Europe • Works in partnership with national patent offices, WIPO and other agencies

  6. European Patent Academy - audiences • Innovation Support - business advisors et al • Academia - university staff & students / TTOs • Patent Professionals - EQE • Judicial training - judges and litigators • Institutional Strengthening - NPOs et al • Materials, Media & Technology

  7. Innovation Support • Seminars & Workshops • "Inventors' Handbook" - online • "Handbook of European Intellectual Property Management" - publication

  8. ip4inno - basics • European Commission project, from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2008 • €2 million • Objective is to train business advisors & TTOs in IP topics, who in turn will train other advisors and SMEs • Seven work packages • Nineteen consortium partners (institutions)

  9. ip4inno – consortium partners • European Patent Office • Hungarian Patent Office • Portuguese Patent & TM Office • National Board of Patents & Registration of Finland • Spanish Patent Office • INPI, France • State IP Office of Croatia • Turkish Patent Office • Danish Patent Office • European Business and Innovation Centres Network • CRP Henri Tudor, Luxembourg • FUNDITEC, Spain • IWT - Flanders • Fraunhofer TEG • IEEPI, Strasbourg • METU - Technopolis, Turkey • Fundación EOI, Spain • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid • University of Alicante

  10. WP1 WP2 WP4i WP3 WP5 WP6 WP7 WP4ii MS • MS = Input from member states • WP1 = General Admin • WP2 = SME survey • WP3 = Web platform WP4 = (i) harvest material WP4 = (ii) create modules WP5 = Train trainers WP6 = Pilot training WP7 = Evaluation

  11. ip4inno – Work Packages and Leaders WP1 General administration, budget management etc. EPO (PD 5.1) WP2 European survey of SME needs. IEEPI1 WP3 Web-based platform for the training materials developed in WP4. EPO (PD 0.8) WP4 (i) Harvest existing IP training material from the member states; & (ii) create teaching modules therewith. EPO (PD 5.4) WP5 Use material to train trainers; 40 events (each of 1-3 days) in 20 countries. EBN2 WP6 Pilot training programme to prove that those trained in WP5 can train others effectively. HPO3 WP7 Evaluation. University of Alicante 1 www.ieepi.org 2 www.ebn.be 3 www.hpo.hu

  12. WP4 (ii) Module Topics

  13. WP4 (ii) Module Topics

  14. WP4 (ii) Module Topics

  15. PD 51 - International Co-operation • Supports a range of projects, bilateral and multilateral, with other countries. • Some work with current and future member states of the European Patent Organisation (e.g. expansion of INPI's "Pre-diagnostic") • Other projects, e.g. "Trilateral" (EPO, JPO & USPTO); and with China.

  16. Thank you for your attention Jeremy Philpott European Patent Academy jphilpott@epo.org European Patent Office +49 89 2399 5405 www.epo.org www.ip4inno.eu

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