Responding to COVID-19: EPO and USPTO issue joint statement of support for inventors
Munich/Washington, D.C., 30 April 2020 - EPO President António Campinos and USPTO Director Andrei Iancu today published a joint statement on our offices' commitment to supporting innovators.
"In these challenging times, it is our innovators, inventors and all those involved in pioneering research who will play a central role in the recovery of our economies and societies," according to the statement published on both of our websites.
"The USPTO and the EPO stand united in our effort to support the public in this crucial time, and we will build on our longstanding relationship to provide everyone in the IP community with the support they need."
See the dedicated website sections related to our response to the coronavirus pandemic on the EPO and USPTO websites.
Media contacts
EPO
Luis Berenguer Giménez
Principal Director Communication / Spokesperson
Tel.: +49 89 2399 1203
press@epo.org
USPTO
Paul Fucito
Press Secretary
Tel.: (571) 272-8400
paul.fucito@uspto.gov