Alain Pompidou
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Prof. Alain Pompidou (born 1942 in Paris, France) is a French scientist and politician. He is the fourth and current president of the European Patent Office (EPO). He has been president since July 1, 2004 and will stay in office until June 30, 2007. He is the foster son of Georges Pompidou, former President of France.
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[edit] Biography
He studied medicine and science. From 1974 to 2004, he was professor of histology, embryology and cytogenetics in the medical faculty of the University of Paris. On June 30, 2004, i.e. the day before becoming president of the EPO, he and Albert-Claude Benhamou were granted EP patent 1358481, filed on March 16, 2001, for a "Device for in situ analysis and/or treatment consisting of a flexible rod and a micro-system fixed at one end of said flexible rod".
He was member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999, where he was notably involved in the Directive on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions ("gene patent directive").
In 2004, he was elected by the Administrative Council of the EPO as a result of a compromise. Although former presidents of the EPO held their post for at least seven years, Alain Pompidou will be president for three years only. He will be succeeded by Alison Brimelow for an equal term. Alain Pompidou is the first Frenchman to hold the post of President of the EPO.
Between 1990 and 2004 he was Professor in charge of a number of medical services at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul hospital, in Paris, where in 2005 a collection of 351 foetuses and still-born babies was discovered. The relevant ministries decided to put the case to the so-called Disciplinary Commission (the competent jurisdiction regarding lecturers and hospital employees of university hospitals) which has reprimanded Prof. Pompidou. [1] [2] Incurring a reprimand is extremely rare. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ (French) Cécile Prieur, Deux médecins blâmés dans l'affaire des fœtus de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul., Le Monde, August 3, 2006.
- ^ (French) Cabinet de Xavier Bertrand, Ministre de la santé et des solidarités (French Secretary of State for health), Affaire de la chambre mortuaire de l’hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, Communiqué, Paris, August 2, 2006
- ^ (French) Eric Favereau, Blâme après l'affaire des foetus de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Libération, August 3, 2006.
[edit] See also
- Roland Grossenbacher, chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation
- Dominique Guellec, former chief economist at the European Patent Office
- Peter Messerli, Vice-President of the European Patent Office, head of the DG Appeals
- Bruno van Pottelsberghe, chief economist at the European Patent Office.
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| Preceded by Ingo Kober |
President of the European Patent Office 2004–2007 |
Succeeded by Alison Brimelow |
