Welcome by moderator:
Jon Freire GOMEZ, European Patent Office

Welcome addresses:
António CAMPINOS, President, European Patent Office

Muhammed Zeki DURAK, President, Turkish Patent and Trademark Office

Evren Homan GÖKÇE, inventor and co-founder, Dermis-pharma
Patents-based innovation to address health problems of global concern, and women inventorship in Türkiye

Serhat DALKILIÇ, Erciyes University Technology Transfer Office (PATLIB Kayseri)

In this panel, we will delve into the array of advanced services provided by PATLIBs and explore how they can effectively bolster businesses.

Idil Buse Kök HAZER, Middle East Technical University (PATLIB Çankaya Ankara): Assessment of the economic potential of an invention: is there technology worth pursuing?

Céline MATHEVET, INPI France (PATLIB Bordeaux): Supporting SMEs finding their way in the IP world: audits, landscaping and identification of potential licensees

Ömer Ertuğrul MERAL, Yıldız Technical University, Yıldız Technopark (PATLIB Davutpasa/Istanbul): A PATLIB/TTO experience in negotiating licensing agreements

Moderator: Enrico LUZZATTO, European Patent Office

The presentations are followed by a Q&A session.

PATLIB centres are always part of a host organisation, such as universities, chambers of commerce or national patent offices. In this roundtable, you will get an insight into their engagement with local innovators and how this engagement differs according to different target groups and even different IPR foci.

Tina Dahlerup POULSEN, Danish Patent and Trademark Office (PATLIB Taastrup): PATLIB and National Patent Office combined

Başak KAFTAN, Yasar university (PATLIB Izmir): PATLIB and Tech Transfer Office combined

Elena ZANATTA, t2i Transferimento Technologico e innovazione s.c.a.r.l (PATLIB Treviso): PATLIB and chamber of commerce

Moderator: Susanna KERNTHALER, European Patent Office

The presentations are followed by a Q&A session.

KT2A was launched in 2022 to foster cooperation between the PATLIB network and African universities by transferring knowledge, sharing experiences and best practices. There are three phases in the initiative: training, twinning and mentoring. In this session we will focus on the twinning, but will also discuss mentoring activities, which both offer a range of benefits fostering mutual growth and development across various sectors. Today, nine universities are twinned with PATLIB centres, three of them will tell you about how they are collaborating across the two continents. The KT2A twinning and mentoring phases are helping to improve skills and competencies among professionals and students, particularly in the technical fields, entrepreneurship, and management. You will hear about some collaborative projects to foster innovation and research, addressing local challenges with sustainable solutions.

Zalerapi Chriwa MHANGO, Malawi University of Science and Technology

Paramjit HANS, Library of Birmingham (PATLIB Birmingham)

Mpumelelo NKOMO, South African National Biodiversity Institute

Atif Emre DEMET, Necmettin Erbakan University (PATLIB Konya)

Chinedum Ogonna MGBEMENA, Federal University of Petroleum, Resources, Effurun, Nigeria

Tobias BRAUNSBERGER, Erfinderzentrum Norddeutschland – EZN (PATLIB Hannover)

Moderator: Lisa McDONALD-MAIER, European Patent Office

The presentations are followed by a Q&A session.

In these presentations you will get an insight into the various initiatives provided by the Trilateral offices, with regards to supporting SMEs and facilitating Technology Transfer.

Nyeemah GRAZIER, USPTO: United States Patent and Trademark Office – SMEs Enterprise Resources in action, focusing on fee support, IP valuation and business development

Masaki EMA, JPO: Japanese Patent Office – Technology Transfer initiatives for SMEs and innovators

Thomas BEREUTER, European Patent Office: European Patent Office – Support package for SMEs: training and business support

Moderator: Andrew Davies, UK seconded national expert, European Patent Office

A future concept for PATLIB will be presented, that will deliver tangible and measurable impact at local, regional and global level.

Xavier SEUBA, European Patent Office

In this session, there will be a presentation of EPO tools and services, AI-powered platforms, and optimisation of data usage by PATLIB centres for patent system users.

David HORAT, European Patent Office: The EPO data tools and services for PATLIB – present usage and renewed objectives

Alejandro FLORES, European Patent Office: The enabling net: from Single Access Portal as a meeting point to AI-powered matchmaking and knowledge sharing

Arne KRÜGER, MTC Berlin: Patent related data and how to maximise its use by PATLIB centres

Moderator: Rainer KAYSAN, European Patent Office

The presentations are followed by a Q&A session.

This session will begin by presenting the EPO's Digital service package available to the PATLIB centres and discuss how the EPO will help PATLIB staff get technology transfer (TT) training, leading to accreditation. It will then expand to presentations from two large professional organisations in the field, and follow with a discussion on the importance of TT and how the panellists see the field, and the EPO and PATLIB's role, evolving in the coming years.

Tom WITHNELL, European Patent Office, the PATLIB certification offer

Laura MACDONALD, ASTP, Technology transfer offer - training and certification available for PATLIBs: practical aspects and support regime in place

Sonja London, Board member, LESI: New endeavours - Professional certification and PATLIBs

Moderator: Enrico LUZZATTO, European Patent Office

The presentations are followed by a Q&A session.