The Netherlands Patent Office (Dutch: Octrooicentrum Nederland) is the patent office of the Netherlands. It is an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. The agency is located in the premises of the European Patent Office (EPO), in Rijswijk, near The Hague.[1] The Netherlands Patent Office grants patents in the Netherlands and deals with European patents validated in the Netherlands. It assumes its functions from the rijksoctrooiwet (Royal Patent Act).
Johannes Bob van Benthem was President of the Netherlands Patent Office from 1968 to 1977.[2] Before March 24, 2005, the Netherlands Patent Office was known as the Netherlands Industrial Property Office.[1]
- ^ a b Netherlands Patent Office web site, History Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, consulted on October 10, 2007.
- ^ European Patent Office, European Patent Office in mourning for Johannes Bob van Benthem, press release, September 13, 2006.
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