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Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office

Committee on Biotechnological Inventions

The Committee on Biotechnological Inventions shall consider and discuss all questions pertaining to, or connected with, inventions in the field of biotechnology, including the Budapest Treaty.

For this Committee, only one full member may be elected for each member state.

Terms of Reference of the Biotech Committee


Primary contact in the epi Secretariat: Sadia Liebig

Committee Members
Country Name
AL Diana Sinojmeri
AT Andreas Pföstl
BE Ann G. Y. De Clercq
BG Atanas Lyubomirov Tsvetkov
CH Martin Sperrle
CZ Katerina Hartvichova
DE Torsten Exner
ES Agustin Alconada Rodriguez
FI Outi Elina Virtaharju
FR Brigitte Taravella (Secretary)
GB Simon Mark Wright (Chair)
GR Vasiliki Kosti
HR Natasa Marsic
HU Arpad Petho
IE Anna-Louise Hally
IS Thorlakur Jonsson
IT Anne-Cecile Trillat
LI Burkhard Bogensberger
LT Elena Armalyte
MK Blagica Veskovska
NL Bart Willem Swinkels
PL Marta Joanna Kawczynska
PT Anabela Teixeira de Carvalho
RO Cristina Popa
RS Zeljka Brkic
SE Niklas Mattsson
SI Mojca Bencina
SK Katarína Makelová
SM Maria Vittoria Primiceri
TR Oya Yalvaç