THE 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE PATENT OFFICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA, 
THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE BULGARIAN PATENT LAW, AND 
THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA TO THE EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION

Conference
"BULGARIA and the INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY SYSTEM - DEVELOPMENT and PERSPECTIVES"
EXHIBITION

Exhibition
"INNOVATIONS - A TOOL OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH"

Boyana State Residence, Sofia, 11-13 June 2003

Organized by: Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria and Union Inventors in Bulgaria

REPORT

Program

10.00-10.30 Inauguration of the Conference and the Exhibition

- Mr. Nikolay Vassilev - Vice-Premier and Minister of Economy
- Mrs. Tsonka Taushanova - President of the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria
- Mr. V. Yossifov - Director in World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- Prof. Christo Abadjiev - Chairman of the Union of Inventors of Bulgaria

10.30-11.15 Ass.Prof. Dr. Borislav Borisov - Chairman of National Association of Intellectual Property of Bulgaria 
- "HISTORY OF PATENTS IN BULGARIA"
11.15-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-12.15 Mr. Wolfgang Pilch, EPO speaker
- "THE INFLUENCE OF THE ACCESSION TO THE EPO ON INVENTORS IN THE NEW MEMBER STATES" (PDF file)
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.45 Mr. Georg Pantoglou, EPO speaker
- "STRATEGY ON THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY - NEW POSSIBILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACCESSION TO THE EPO" (PDF file)
14.45-15.30 Vladimir Yossifov, Director, WIPO
- "THE ROLE OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES AND CENTRES IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY"
15.30-15.45 Coffee break
15.45-16.30 Ass.Prof. Dr. Stefan Stefanov -Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
- "UTILITY MODEL - THE CHANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN BULGARIA"
16.30-17.15 Prof. DSc. Dimitar Mehandjiev (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
"INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION, PROTECTION OF SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS AND THEIR TRANSFER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY"

12.06.2003 - Thursday
09.00-10.00 Visit of the foreign guests to the Patent Office
10.00-12.00 Sightseeing tour of Sofia for foreign quests 
12.30-14.00 Lunch for foreign guests and presidents of patent offices hosted by Mrs. Tsonka Taushanova , President of the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria 

COMMEMORATIVE MEETING
15.00 Inauguration - Congratulatory speech by the President of the Patent Office 
- presentation of the guests and receipt of congratulations
- Entry of the names of prominent inventors and discoverers into the "Golden Book" of the Patent Office
17.30 Musical
18.30 Cocktail party

Participants:

300 Bulgarian participants, delegates from more than 10 countries, WIPO and EPO representatives. Hungarian delegation: László Brecz (Hungarian Patent Office), Andras Vedres and his wife (Association of Hungarian Inventors).

Congratulations

The delegates of national Patent Offices greeted the President of Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria with presents.

Mr. András Vedres the Secretary General of Association of Hungarian Inventors awarded Mrs. Tsonka Taushanova, the President of Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria with GENIUS medal for her circumspect works with reference to accession of Bulgaria to the European Patent Convention.

Lecture of Mr.Vladimir Yossifov:

"THE ROLE OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES AND CENTRES IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY"

Exhibition of excellent Bulgarian inventions

The greeting of Mr. L. Brecz (HPO) and some delegates

 

The handing over of the GENIUS medal by Mr. A. Vedres

Mrs. Tsonka Taushanova, the President of Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria

Lunch at Vitosa mountain