ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT PLANNING – PARTNERSHIP FOR QUALITY (EPI – EPO) – PARTNERSHIP FOR QUALITY (EPI – EPO)

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Bogoljub Ilievski, MRIP and EPA, Head of Patent Department at BERIN IP Agency, participated in the Annual Meeting called “Partnership for Quality” at the European Patent Office in Munich, as a member of the European Patent Institute (epi) . He is also responsible person for enforcing the Quality Management System of ISO standard 9001:2008 implemented at the BERIN LTD nine years ago . His experience helped to EPI side, to fruitful exchange of experiences between the responsible directors from the European Patent Organization concerning the implementation of ISO 9001:2008.

He also attended the 85th meeting of the Standing Committee for technical and operational activities in the European Patent Organization (EPO) that was held next day, in Munich (Germany). This Committee has over 100 members (two members from each member states of the EPO as well as associate members countries of this organisation). The European Patent Office was represented by two vice-presidents: Dr. Raimund Lutz, and Mr. Alberto Casado. The composition of this committee is complemented by a representative of EUIPO (Intellectual Property Office of the EU), WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and EPI (European Patent Institute).


The Committee adopted the reports of the groups for cooperation between the Member States in the field of electronic submission of applications, patent classification, quality and information technology.