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The Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office, or European Patent Institute (epi), is a professional association of European patent attorneys and an international non-governmental public law corporation. It was founded on October 21, 1977 by the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation. [1] All European patent attorneys, i.e. all persons entitled to act as professional representatives before the EPO (by virtue of either the European qualifying examination or the provisions of Article 163(7) EPC 1973) are members of the Institute. [2]
The European Patent Institute publishes a quarterly journal, the epi Information (ISSN 1434-8853). The current president of the European Patent Institute is Chris P. Mercer. [3]
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- ^ Article 134a(1)(a) EPC, formerly Article 134(8)(b) EPC 1973
- ^ Article 134a(2) EPC. See also: Article 5(1) of the Regulation on the establishment of an institute of professional representatives before the European Patent Office, OJ 1997, 350 with corrections according to OJ 1997, 130, OJ 2002, 429 and OJ 2004, 361.
- ^ European Patent Institute web site, Board Members, retrieved on July 12, 2006.
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