The European Patent Office (www.epo.org) and the Greek Industrial Property Organisation (OBI, www.obi.gr), in collaboration with Science & Technology Park of Crete and PRAXI HELP-FORWARD network, are organizing a Workshop entitled: "Patenting Inventions: From Idea to Commercialization".

The Workshop will be held at FORTH Amphitheatre, on Thursday, November 28th ( 09:00 - 16:15).

In order to participate, please fill out the attached Registration Form and send it to Ms. Nora Fragiadoulaki (STEP-C) (nora@stepc.gr) until Friday, November 22th, 12:00 at the latest.

Presentations:

Patents: Why patents matter! What is an invention? How do patents look? What is protected and how to understand claims?
Marina Moraiti, Patent Examiner in Computers, European Patent Office (EPO)

Patenting strategy: Where and how to obtain patent protection? EPO’s filing, substantive examination and granting procedure
Field specific IPR aspects and case studies Marina Moraiti, Patent Examiner in Computers, EPO

IP strategy & management ‐ smart specialization and IP evaluation, valuation and exploitation
Dr Alexandros Papaderos, Head of Patent and Licensing Office,
Technische Universität München

Αgenda of the Workshop
Registration Form