PATLIB Conference 2025 focuses on impact: the PATLIB network and EPO tools
Conference explored the future of innovation and global impact of PATLIB
On 3 and 4 July, the European Patent Office (EPO) held the PATLIB Conference 2025 in Vienna. The conference explored the future of innovation and the global impact of the PATLIB network, which now encompasses over 320 patent information centres in 38 countries across Europe.
The event also highlighted the role of PATLIBs in technology transfer, the way in which women are driving IP progress in the network and academia, and how EPO tools support innovation ecosystems. Finally, the winners of the EPO’s CodeFest Spring 2025 were revealed.
This year’s PATLIB Conference was attended by participants from 82 countries from across the world, with almost 4000 participants following the event live online and close to 100 attending onsite.
Roundtable discussion on Women driving IP progress in PATLIBs and Academia, chaired by Lisa McDonald-Maier, EPO
The PATLIB conference is an important arena for the PATLIB centres to network and share experiences
Keywords: Innovation in the EU, women in IP, lectures, PATLIB’s role, CodeFest
