The Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI) is an international organization for cooperation in the field of patents, created by the national patent offices of the four Visegrad countries, namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.[1][2] The Agreement on the Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI Agreement) was signed in Bratislava on February 26, 2015.[3][4][5] The Institute acts as an International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authorities (IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).[6]

According to Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák, the signature of the agreement on creating the Visegrad Patent Institute was an important milestone in the history of the Visegrád Group, the alliance between Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.[7]

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  1. ^ "Assembly of the PCT Union" (PDF). PCT Newsletter 10/2015. WIPO. October 14, 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. ^ "The Visegrad Group (V4) Countries Establish a Joint Patent Institute". Visegrád Group. 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  3. ^ "APPOINTMENT OF THE VISEGRAD PATENT INSTITUTE AS AN INTERNATIONAL SEARCHING AND PRELIMINARY EXAMINING AUTHORITY UNDER THE PCT – UPDATE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS" (PDF). WIPO. September 15, 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Visegrad countries sign agreement on joint patent institute". Budapest Business Journal. February 27, 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. ^ Foy, Henry (June 5, 2015). "Central and eastern Europe innovators hungry for action". The Financial Times. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  6. ^ "AGREEMENT between the Visegrad Patent Institute and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization in relation to the functioning of the Visegrad Patent Institute as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (as in force from April 1, 2018)*" (PDF). Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Lajčák: Weight of V4 grows in eyes of foreign partners". The Slovak Spectator. June 30, 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

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