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Benoît Battistelli (born July 12, 1950 in Paris, France〔EPO web site, (President, Benoît Battistelli ), August 2011.〕) is a French civil servant and current president of the European Patent Office (EPO). Before taking up this post, he was head of the French National Intellectual Property Institute (INPI).〔 (''Arrêté du 25 juin 2010 portant nomination du directeur général par intérim de l'Institut national de la propriété industrielle'' ), NOR: ECEZ1015755A, JORF n°0148 du 29 juin 2010 page 11672, texte n° 63. Consulted on July 1, 2010 (legifrance.gouv.fr).〕 == Career == Benoît Battistelli graduated from the École Nationale d'Administration (ÉNA, English: National School of Administration) in 1978.〔〔 ''Les forums du financement et de l’Innovation'' web site, (''Benoît Batistelli'' ). Consulted on March 23, 2008.〕 From 1978 to 2002, he held various posts in French government departments and the French embassies in Italy, India, Poland and Turkey.〔 Later, from June 2002 to April 2004, he was assistant director of staff of Nicole Fontaine,〔〔 former President of the European Parliament. From May 12, 2004 to June–July 2010, he headed (more precisely, he was the ''directeur général'', i.e. chief executive officer) the French National Intellectual Property Institute (INPI, standing for ''Institut national de la propriété industrielle'' in French), in charge of patents, trademarks and industrial design rights.〔〔 INPI web site, (''Le Conseil d'administration'' ). Consulted on March 23, 2008.〕〔(''France names new patent office chief'' ), Managing Intellectual Property, Weekly News, May 2004. Consulted on March 23, 2008.〕 Battistelli chaired the Supervisory Board of the European Patent Academy from July 2005 to July 2008. He was also chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation.〔European Patent Office (EPO) web site, (''Administrative Council, Composition'' ). Consulted on March 8, 2009.〕 He was elected to the post of Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation on December 5, 2006 for a three-year term.〔, INPI web site, (''Benoît Battistelli, Directeur général de l'INPI, est élu vice-président du conseil d'administration de l'Office européen des brevets (OEB) ), Communiqués de presse (Press release), December 6, 2006. Consulted on March 23, 2008.〕 Then, later the Administrative Council appointed him as its Chairman for a three-year term, from 5 March 2009 until March 2012,〔EPO web site, (''Benoît Battistelli to head the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation'' ), News, December 11, 2008. Consulted on December 11, 2008.〕 although his election in March 2010 as President of the European Patent Office meant that he had to step down as Chairman of the Administrative Council. In 2008, he had been named as one of the potential candidates to succeed Kamil Idris to lead the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),〔Eklavya Gupte, (''Race to succeed Idris underway'' ), Managing Intellectual Property, January 11, 2008. Consulted on March 23, 2008.〕 but Francis Gurry was eventually selected for the post. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benoît Battistelli」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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