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Friday, October 31, 2003

Election of the President of the European Patent Office.

Further to my

earlier posting some time ago I now can provide a link to an

EPO press release confirming that on October 29, 2003 at its 94th meeting the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation decided to elect Mr Alain Pompidou (FR) to serve as President of the European Patent Office for a three-year term beginning on July 01, 2004 and Ms Alison Brimelow (GB) to serve as President of the European Patent Office for a term of three years following the expiry of Mr Pompidou's mandate, i.e. from July 01, 2007. The formal appointment will be made at the Council's 95th meeting, to be held in Munich in December 2003.

Mr. Alain Pompidou, a medical Professor, has been

MEP during the 4th parliamentary term of the European Parliament in the years 1994 to 1999. In particular, he had

influenced European bioethics policy.

Ms Alison Brimelow is Chief Executive and Comptroller General of the UK Patent Office since March 1999.

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