National Industrial Property Institute (France)
Encyclopedia
The National Industrial Property Institute (INPI, standing for Institut national de la propriété industrielle in French
) is the national intellectual property office
of France
, in charge of patent
s, trademark
s and industrial design rights
. Until becoming the head of the European Patent Office, Benoît Battistelli
was directeur général (chief executive officer
) of the INPI.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
) is the national intellectual property office
Intellectual Property Office
There are several organizations and public offices named Intellectual Property Office or Office for Intellectual Property, including:* Barbados Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office * Benelux Office for Intellectual Property...
of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, in charge of patent
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
s, trademark
Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...
s and industrial design rights
Industrial design rights
An industrial design right is an intellectual property right that protects the visual design of objects that are not purely utilitarian. An industrial design consists of the creation of a shape, configuration or composition of pattern or color, or combination of pattern and color in three...
. Until becoming the head of the European Patent Office, Benoît Battistelli
Benoît Battistelli
Benoît Battistelli is a French civil servant and current president of the European Patent Office . Before taking up this post, he was head of the French National Intellectual Property Institute .- Career :...
was directeur général (chief executive officer
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
) of the INPI.
See also
- Georges VianèsGeorges VianèsGeorges Jean Gabriel Vianès is a former French civil servant, corporate officer and politician. He was head of the French National Intellectual Property Institute , the French national intellectual property office from 1975 to 1982...
, former director of the INPI - European Patent OfficeEuropean Patent OfficeThe European Patent Office is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation , the other being the Administrative Council. The EPO acts as executive body for the Organisation while the Administrative Council acts as its supervisory body as well as, to a limited extent, its legislative...
- Soleau envelopeSoleau envelopeThe Soleau envelope, named after its French inventor, is a sealed envelope serving as proof of anteriority for inventions valid in France, exclusively to precisely ascertain the date of either an invention, idea or creation of a work. It can be applied for at the French National Industrial Property...
, proof of anteriority available for the French territory at the INPI
External links
Institut national de la propriété industrielle- Patent status database at the Institut national de la propriété industrielle (the database provides legal information on French patent applications and European patent applications granted and designating France)