Recent changes are marked in bold.
Chairman
Jesper KONGSTAD, Director General, Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DK)
Deputy Chairman
Mr Josef KRATOCHVÍL, President, Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic (CZ)
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AL | Shqipëria |
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IT | Italia |
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AT | Österreich |
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LI | Liechtenstein |
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BE | Belgique / Bëlgie |
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LT | Lietuva |
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BG | Bălgarija |
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LU |
Luxembourg |
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CH | Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera |
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LV | Latvija |
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CY | Kýpros |
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MC |
Monaco |
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CZ | Česká Republika |
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MK | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
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DE | Deutschland |
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MT | Malta |
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DK | Danmark |
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NL | Nederland |
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EE | Eesti |
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NO | Norge |
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ES | España |
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PL | Polska |
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FI | Suomi / Finland |
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PT | Portugal |
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FR | France |
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RO | România |
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GB | United Kingdom |  |
RS |
Srbija |
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GR | Elláda |
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SE | Sverige |
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HR | Hrvatska |
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SI | Slovenija |
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HU | Magyarország |
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SK | Slovenská Republika |
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IE | Ireland / Éire |
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SM | San Marino |
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IS | Ísland |
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TR | Türkiye |
Representative:
Mr Elvin LAKO, General Director
General Directorate of Patents and Trademarks
Ms Elvanda MECE, Director of Examination Coordination and Training
General Directorate of Patents and Trademarks
Top of page AT: Austria
Representative:
Frau Mariana KAREPOVA, Präsidentin
Österreichisches Patentamt
Alternate Representative:
Frau Andrea SCHEICHL, Vizepräsidentin
Österreichisches Patentamt
Industrial Property Office
Representative:
M. Jérôme DEBRULLE, Conseiller général
Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle, Service Public Fédéral Economie, P.M.E., Classes moyennes et Energie
Alternate Representative:
M. Geoffrey BAILLEUX, Conseiller
Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle, Service Public Fédéral Economie, P.M.E., Classes moyennes et Energie
Representative:
Mr Petko NIKOLOV, President
Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria
Alternate Representative:
Ms Olya DIMITROVA, Director, Inventions and Industrial Designs Directorate
Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria
Representative:
Herr Roland GROSSENBACHER, Vertreter der Schweiz im Verwaltungsrat der EPO
Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum
Alternate Representative:
Herr Alban FISCHER, Vizedirektor und Leiter der Patentabteilung
Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum
Representative:
Mr Spyros KOKKINOS, Registrar of Companies & Official Receiver
Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry & Tourism
Alternate Representative:
Ms Stalo PAPAIOANNOU, Senior Officer of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver
Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry & Tourism
Representative:
Mr Josef KRATOCHVÍL, President
Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic
Alternate Representative:
Ms Svĕtlana KOPECKÁ, Director of the International Department
Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic
Representative:
Herr Christoph ERNST, Ministerialdirigent
Bundesministerium der Justiz
Alternate Representative:
Frau Cornelia RUDLOFF-SCHÄFFER, Präsidentin
Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
Representative:
Mr Jesper KONGSTAD, Director General
Danish Patent and Trademark Office
Alternate Representative:
Ms Anne REJNHOLD JØRGENSEN, Director, Policy & Legal Affairs
Danish Patent and Trademark Office
Representative:
Mr Margus VIHER, Director General
Estonian Patent Office
Alternate Representative:
Ms Elle MARDO, Head of the Patent Department
Estonian Patent Office
Representative:
Ms Patricia GARCÍA-ESCUDERO MÁRQUEZ, Director General
Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
Alternate Representative:
Mr Pedro CARTAGENA ABELLA, Senior Adviser
Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
Representative:
Ms Rauni HAGMAN, Director General
Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Alternate Representative:
Mr Jorma HANSKI, Director, Patents and Innovations Line
Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Representative:
M. Jean-Marc LE PARCO, Directeur général délégué
Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle
Alternate Representative:
M. Philippe CADRE, Directeur de la propriété industrielle
Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle (INPI)
Representative:
Mr Sean DENNEHEY, Acting Chief Executive
Intellectual Property Office
Alternate Representative:
Ms Liz COLEMAN, Divisional Director, Patents Directorate
Intellectual Property Office
Representative:
Mr Ioannis KAPLANIS, Director General
Industrial Property Organisation (OBI)
Alternate Representative:
Mr Ioannis BOUMPARIS, Deputy Director General
Industrial Property Organisation (OBI)
HR: Republika Hrvatska
Representative:
Ms Ljiljana KUTEROVAC, Director General
State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia
Alternate Representative:
Ms Ana Rački MARINKOVIĆ, Deputy Director General
State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia
Representative:
N.N.
Alternate Representative:
N.N.
Representative:
Mr Gerard BARRETT, Controller
Irish Patents Office
Alternate Representative:
N.N.
Representative:
Ms Borghildur ERLINGSDÓTTIR, Director General
Icelandic Patent Office
Alternate Representative:
Ms Elfa Íshólm ÓLAFSDÓTTIR, Head of Finance and Operation Division
Icelandic Patent Office
Representative:
Mr Mauro MASI, Delegate for Intellectual Property
Directorate General for Global Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Alternate Representative:
Mme Loredana GULINO, Director General
General Directorate for the fight against counterfeiting - Italian Office for Patents and Trademarks
Ministry for Economic Development
Representative:
Frau Isabel FROMMELT-GOTTSCHALD, Amtsleiter-Stellvertreterin
Amt für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Alternate Representative:
Frau Esther SCHINDLER, Diplomatische Mitarbeiterin
Amt für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Representative:
Mr Arūnas ŽELVYS, Director
State Patent Bureau
of the Republic of Lithuania
Alternate Representative:
Mr Žilvinas DANYS, Deputy Director
State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania
Representative:
M. Lex KAUFHOLD, Conseiller de direction 1ère classe
Chargé de direction, Office de la propriété intellectuelle
Ministère de l’Economie et du Commerce extérieur
Alternate Representative:
M. Claude SAHL, Chef du secteur "Législation"
Office de la propriété intellectuelle
Ministère de l’Economie et du Commerce extérieur
Representative:
Mr Sandris LAGANOVSKIS, Director
Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia
Alternate Representative:
Mr Guntis RAMĀNS, Director of the Department of Examination of Inventions
Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia
Representative:
M. Thomas LANTHEAUME, Directeur Adjoint
Direction de l'Expansion Economique
Alternate Representative:
M. Jean-Pierre SANTOS, Chef de Division, Division de la Propriété Intellectuelle
Direction de l'Expansion Economique
MK: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Representative:
Mr Safet EMRULI, Director
State Office of Industrial Property
Alternate Representative:
Mr Jetmir SHABANI, Head of Patent Section
State Office of Industrial Property
Representative:
Mr Godwin WARR, Director General Commerce Department, Comptroller of Industrial Property
Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Business
Alternate Representative:
Ms Michelle BONELLO, Director Industrial Property Registrations, Commerce Department
Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Business
Representative:
Mr Derk-Jan DE GROOT, Director
Netherlands Patent Office
Alternate Representative:
Mr Paul VAN BEUKERING, Unit Manager
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Representative:
Mr Per A. FOSS, Director General
Norwegian Industrial Property Office
Alternate Representative:
Mr Jostein SANDVIK, Director, Legal and International Affairs
Norwegian Industrial Property Office
Representative:
Ms Alicja ADAMCZAK, President
Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
Alternate Representative:
Ms Ewa NIZIŃSKA MATYSIAK, Director of the Cabinet of the President
Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
Representative:
Mme Maria Leonor MENDES DA TRINDADE, President of the Directive Council
National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)
Alternate Representative:
Mr Marco DINIS, Member of the Directive Council
National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)
Representative:
Ms Bucura IONESCU, Director General
State Office for Inventions and Trademarks
Alternate Representative:
Mr Bogdan GEAVELA, Expert, International Cooperation Bureau
State Office for Inventions and Trademarks
Representative
Mr Vladimir MARIĆ, Acting Director
Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia
Alternate Representative:
Ms Mirjana JELIĆ, Assistant Director of the Patent Sector
Intellectual Property Office of the Republic
of Serbia
Representative:
Ms Susanne ǺS SIVBORG, Director General
Swedish Patent and Registration Office
Alternate Representative:
Ms Karin BERGH, Chief Legal Counsel
Swedish Patent and Registration Office
Representative:
Mr Vojko TOMAN, Director
Slovenian Intellectual Property Office
Alternate Representative:
Ms Helena ZALAZNIK, Head of Patent Department
Slovenian Intellectual Property Office
Representative:
Mr Richard MESSINGER, President
Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic
Alternate Representative:
Ms Lukrécia MARČOKOVÁ, Directress, Patent Department
Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic
Representative:
Ms Silvia ROSSI, Director
State Office for Patents and Trademarks
Alternate Representative:
M. Bruno CINQUANTINI, Advisor
Secretariat of State for Industry, Handcraft and Commerce
State Office for Patents and Trademarks
Representative:
Mr Habip ASAN, President
Turkish Patent Institute
Alternate Representative:
Mr Ibrahim YAŞAR, Vice President
Turkish Patent Institute
