Eurasian Patent Office set to extend its operations

• Author: Catherine Jewell
• Position: Communications Division, WIPO
• Pages: 26-31

26 February 2019

Eurasian Patent Oce

set to extend the scope

of its operations

By Catherine Jew ell,

Communicat ions Division, W IPO

On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the entr y into force

of the Eurasian Patent Convention (EA PC), and the es-

tablishment of the Eurasian Patent O rganization (EAPO),

the EAPO’s CEO and President of the Eurasian Patent

Ofce, Ms. Saule Tlevle ssova talks to WIPO Magazine

about the organization’s recent achievements an d its

future priorities.

When was the EAPO established?

The EAPC, which created a unit ary patent system for the

Eurasian region, entered into forc e on August 12, 1995.

That convention provided for the foundation of the E APO,

of which the Eurasian Patent Of ce (Eurasian Ofce) is a

constituent part. T he Eurasian Ofce began operations

on January 1, 1996 and has a staff of 200 p rofessionals

and patent examiners.

What is the rol e of the Eurasian Offic e?

The Eurasian Ofce of fers high-quality patent ser vices to

protect inventions and is respons ible for administering

the Eurasian patent system. It is an indep endent, regional

patent body headquar tered in Moscow in the Russian

Federation. The Eurasian pate nt system is a simple and

cost-effective way for applicant s to obtain patent pro-

tection in all eight EAPO me mber states by ling a single

Eurasian patent application. E APO member states are:

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,

Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Saule Tlev lessova, President of t he Eurasian Paten t Oce

(above) notes that the propos ed new Eurasian i ndustrial

design syst em “will enab le businesses to qu ickly and

easily prote ct their commercia lly valuable d esigns

in multiple ma rkets by lin g a single applic ation.”

Photo: Courtesy of E APO