The Inventor Assistance Program (IAP)

Buenos Aires, December 7, 2016

Marco Aleman, Director, Patent Law Division, WIPO

Patent Grant Procedure

History

The World Economic Forum (The Forum) in the framework of the initiatives of the Global Agenda Council on the IP System 2012 – 2014Idea: Pro bono program to make the IP system more accessibleActive role of Novartis and other corporate members

The First meeting at HQs May 2013IAP at WEF Davos’ meeting, January 2014

Launching of the 3 Pilots (April 2015 to February 2016)Meeting in Washington to explore synergies (IAP and the

US Program)Launching October 17, 2016

Governance

The Steering Committee

Membership shall comprise:Governments, Pro bono

patent attorneys and supporters

The clearing house

The Steering CommitteeDavid Kappos, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & MooreAdil El-Maliki, Director General - Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property OfficeAlisa Harbin, Head - Group Litigation and IP, NovartisÁlvaro Correa-Ordoñez, Partner, Baker & McKenzie ColombiaCorey Salsberg, Vice President, Global Head IP Affairs, NovartisJohn Sandage, Deputy Director-General, WIPOJose Luis Londoño, Director of IP – Department of Commerce and Industry, Government of ColombiaJosephine Santiago, Director General – Intellectual Property Office of the PhilippinesMarco Aleman, Acting Director - Patent Law Division, WIPONicholas Davis, Head of Society and Innovation, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic ForumTimothy Loomis, Vice President and Chief Patent Counsel, QualcommJennifer McDowell, USPTO, Washington DC.

Governments. The IAP is currently active in three countries

• Colombia• Morocco• The Philippines

Sponsors

Corporate Sponsors

AssociationsAttorneys/Agents

IAP: How it works

OMPI

WIPO

STEERINGCOMMITTEE

PLDCoordination

WIPOClearingHouse

CASEManagement

IPLocalAdvisor

LocalfilingDecision onINT/PCTFiling

Matchmakingwithadvisors

abroad

Client

Screening (board)LocalTISCs

TechnicalcomponentITSS(lead)

ProSEIPOffice

OnlineCourseITSS

INFO

Search,legalopinion

IAP formINFOPowerof

attorney/IAPform

Theonlinecourse

The IAP benefits to…Inventors• Help level the playing field for inventors.• Everybody has the opportunity to see their invention

examined in the substance by the Patent Office

Society in general• Exploiting opportunities offered by new inventions• Technological progress

Patent Offices• More possibilities of interaction with the patent applicant• Less effort in processing well presented patent applications

Patent AttorneysOpportunity to acquire experience in very complex areas Future opportunities of contracts

Status of the program (Implemented in 3 countries)

Status of the program (Launched in Geneva, Oct 17, 2016)

Some figures

Thank you for your attention.

For more info:http://www.wipo.int/iap/en/marco.aleman@wipo.int