{"id":6269,"date":"2023-03-22T14:16:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T13:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/?p=6269"},"modified":"2023-12-29T14:20:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T13:20:47","slug":"letter-of-support-to-the-chair-of-the-administrative-council-of-epo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/letter-of-support-to-the-chair-of-the-administrative-council-of-epo\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter of Support to the Chair of the Administrative Council of EPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_432d3f53\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/su22052cl-\u2013-0.3.1-\u2013-5.3.pdf\">The petition launched in October 2022<\/a> by \u00a0Union syndicale in the European Patent Office (EPO) \u00a0has met with no response. A petition to the Administrative Council of the EPO expressing the view that a Conference of the Ministers of the Contracting States provided by Art.4a of the European Patent Convention (EPC) is now long overdue. Therefore, Union Syndicale F\u00e9d\u00e9rale (USF) wishes to support and to join the SUEPO (Staff Union of the EPO) claim to convene a Conference of the Ministers of the Contracting States under Art.4a of the EPC.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/USF-Letter-to-EPO-AC-Art4a.pdf\">Read the letter of support<\/a> from Nicolas Mavraganis, the President of USF to Mr. Josef Kratochvil, Chair of the Administrative Council, regarding SUEPO&#8217;s open letter to the Administrative Council on the Conference of Ministers of the Contracting States under Article 4a.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium with_line width_50 thick_3 style_solid color_primary align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div 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