Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation

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The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg), the other being the European Patent Office (EPO).[1] The Administrative Council acts as the Organisation's legislative body,[2][3] while the EPO acts as executive body of the Organisation.[4][3]

Chairmans of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation
1. Georges Vianès (19 October 1977 - 18 October 1981), French. [5] [6]
2. Ivor V. G. Davis (19 October 1981 - 18 October 1984), British. [6] [7]
3. Otto Leberl (19 October 1984 - October 1987), Austrian. [7] [8]
4. Albrecht Krieger (October 1987 - 18 October 1990), German. [8] [9]
5. Jean-Claude Combaldieu (19 October 1990 - 18 October 1993), French. [9] [10]
6. Per Lund Thoft (19 October 1993 - 30 November 1995), Danish. [10] [11]
7. Julián Álvarez-Álvarez (1 December 1995 - 4 March 1997), Spanish. [11][12]
8. Sean Fitzpatrick (5 March 1997 - March 4, 2000), Irish.[12] [13][14]
9. Roland Grossenbacher (March 5, 2000 - ...), Swiss. [13][14]

The Administrative Council is made up of members of the contracting states and is responsible for overseeing the work of the European Patent Office,[4] ratifying the budget and approving the actions of the President of the Office.[3] The Council also amends the Rules of the EPC and some particular provisions of the Articles of the European Patent Convention (EPC).[2]

The current chairman is Roland Grossenbacher (Swiss) while the current deputy chairman is Benoît Battistelli (French).[15]

Under Article 28 EPC, the Administrative Council has set up a Board composed of five of its members, [16] [17] including the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman and three other members elected by the Administrative Council, [18] to perform duties assigned by the Administrative Council. [19] The Board is informally called "Board 28", named after Article 28 EPC, and currently carries out a "workload study", i.e. a study on how to manage the workload facing the European Patent Office. [17]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Article 4(2) EPC
  2. ^ a b Article 33 EPC
  3. ^ a b c Gower's Report on Intellectual Property, para 1.34
  4. ^ a b Article 4(3) EPC
  5. ^ Official Journal of the European Patent Office (OJ EPO) 1/1978, Report on the inaugural meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (19-21 October 1977), p. 5.
  6. ^ a b OJ EPO 7/1981, Report on the 11th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (2 to 4 June 1981), p. 199.
  7. ^ a b OJ EPO 7/1984, Report on the 18th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (5 to 8 June 1984), p. 293.
  8. ^ a b OJ EPO 11/1987, Report on the 27th (extraordinary) meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (8 October 1987), p. 473.
  9. ^ a b OJ EPO 8/1990, Report on the 37th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (26 to 29 June 1990), p. 333.
  10. ^ a b OJ EPO 1-2/1994, Report on the 50th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (7 to 10 December 1993), p. 1.
  11. ^ a b OJ EPO 1-2/1996, Report on the 60th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (4 to 8 December 1995), p. 3.
  12. ^ a b OJ EPO 4/1997, Report on the 66th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (Munich, 5 March 1997), p. 129.
  13. ^ a b OJ EPO 7/2000, Report on the 80th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (6 to 8 June 2000), p. 307.
  14. ^ a b Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property web site, EPO: victory for Switzerland, Berne, October 15, 1999. Consulted on March 24, 2008.
  15. ^ European Patent Office (EPO) web site, Administrative Council, Composition. Consulted on March 23, 2008.
  16. ^ Article 28(1) EPC
  17. ^ a b Managing Intellectual Property, Fees may rise as EPO stresses quality (Interview: Roland Grossenbacher), February 1, 2008
  18. ^ Article 28(2) EPC
  19. ^ Article 28(4) EPC

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