Activities of the European Patent Office课件.ppt

精品文档 Activities of the European Patent Office Jeremy Philpott WIPO - ICC, 16 September 2008 精品文档 Contents Introduction to the European Patent Office Introduction to the European Patent Academy Innovation Support ip4inno EPO PD 51 - International Co-operation 精品文档 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 精品文档 The European Patent Office Filed applications Munich 3 514 The Hague 2 579 Berlin 283 Vienna 119 Brussels 4 Total 6 499 Around 60% are patent examiners Staff (Dec 2007) European Patent Office 精品文档 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 精品文档 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 精品文档 Innovation Support Seminars Workshops Inventors Handbook - online Handbook of European Intellectual Property Management - publication 精品文档 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) 精品文档 ip4inno – consortium partners 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 European Patent Office Hungarian Patent Off