From 14th to 18th February a mission has been held at Egyptian Patent Office (EGPO) under Component 4 of the EU-EGPO Twinning Project with the participation of 2 experts from the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) and staff of EGPO.
The Component 4 of the project: “Contribution to strengthening the patent processing and information dissemination skills of EGPO staff” has among other activities “Train the Trainers” sessions in which EGPO Patent Examiners participated in order to become future trainers in the dissemination of activities EGPO normally develop among the research community, SMEs and entrepreneurs. The aim of these activities is to make them aware about the importance of protecting their innovations through the Patent system.
During this week, daily sessions were developed sharing experiences between the 2 offices and providing to EGPO the SPTO best practices in Train the trainers programs.