European Patent Office

one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation
Organization patent_office Q7132151
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European Patent Office

Summary

European Patent Office is a patent office[1]. It draws 106 Wikipedia views per month (patent_office category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • European Patent Office is in the country of Germany[3].
  • European Patent Office's image is recorded as Europäisches Patentamt in München.jpg[4].
  • European Patent Office's instance of is recorded as patent office[5].
  • European Patent Office's official language is recorded as English[6].
  • European Patent Office's official language is recorded as French[7].
  • European Patent Office's official language is recorded as German[8].
  • European Patent Office's headquarters location is recorded as Munich[9].
  • European Patent Office's headquarters location is recorded as Berlin[10].
  • European Patent Office's headquarters location is recorded as Rijswijk[11].
  • European Patent Office's ISNI is recorded as 0000000108605248[12].
  • European Patent Office's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 141354694[13].
  • European Patent Office's GND ID is recorded as 1052705-9[14].
  • European Patent Office's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83166938[15].
  • European Patent Office's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12413269k[16].
  • European Patent Office's IdRef ID is recorded as 033247129[17].
  • European Patent Office's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA05763702[18].
  • European Patent Office's Commons category is recorded as European Patent Office[19].
  • European Patent Office's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35054648[20].
  • European Patent Office's industry is recorded as international governmental or non-governmental organizations[21].
  • European Patent Office's chairperson is recorded as Benoît Battistelli[22].
  • European Patent Office's chairperson is recorded as António Campinos[23].
  • +1977-07-10T00:00:00Z marks the founding of European Patent Office[24].
  • European Patent Office's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03x_crc[25].
  • European Patent Office's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ko2002103486[26].
  • European Patent Office's parent organization or unit is recorded as European Patent Organisation[27].

Body

Founding

+1977-07-10T00:00:00Z marks the founding of European Patent Office[24].

Identity

Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'EPO'}[28], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'OEB'}[29], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'EPA'}[30], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'EPU'}[31].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Benoît Battistelli[22], an official[32], b. 1950[33], of France[34], awarded the honorary doctorate of the International University Menendez Pelayo[35] and António Campinos[23], a jurist[36], b. 1968[37], of Portugal[38].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Munich[9], a college town[39], in Germany[40], founded in 1158[41]; Berlin[10], a seat of government[42], in Margraviate of Brandenburg[43], founded in 1244[44]; and Rijswijk[11], a municipality of the Netherlands[45], in Netherlands[46], founded in 1812[47]. European Patent Office's parent organization or unit is recorded as European Patent Organisation[27].

Industry

European Patent Office's industry is recorded as international governmental or non-governmental organizations[21].

Why It Matters

European Patent Office draws 106 Wikipedia views per month (patent_office category, ranking #1 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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