The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (EPO) unanimously elected Catherine Chammartin as its delegate at its meeting on 23 March.

The Director General of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) will prepare the business of the Administrative Council in this eight-member body for the next three years. The Council supervises the activities of the European Patent Office. The 38 member states of the EPO, which has its headquarters in Munich, include all EU states as well as Switzerland and Liechtenstein.