Quality in the European Patent System
Reference	QUALITY
Venue	EPO, the Hague, Netherlands
Dates	Start 21 November 2005 Monday   End 22 November 2005 Tuesday   Working days 2

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Description
This two day conference is for all who have a keen interest in maintaining the highest possible standards in patent practice. IP managers, patent attorneys, litigators, decision-makers and innovators will all benefit from the lively debate this meeting will foster.

Four of the EPO's Vice-Presidents will be attending, to explain the EPO's policies and to listen to the views of the patent profession and of industry and business - both large and small. Come and make your opinion known too!

Cost: €150, including dinner on 21 November

Target group
Patent Professionals and users of the Patent System

Organised by
European Patent Academy

Language
English, with simultaneous interpretation into French and German

Participants
Approximately 250

The conference sessions will cover

• What is quality in the patent system
• Quality of the incoming application
• EPO quality management system for the examination area
• The role of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO in the quality system
• Enforcement & litigation: the quality element
• The point of view of the users
• Roundtable discussion

Application
deadline: over

Contact
European Patent Academy
European Patent Office
Erhardtstrasse 27
80469 München, Germany
Tel. +49 89 2399 5142
Fax +49-89-2399-5273
academy@epo.org