Wim van der Eijk (born ca. 1957) is a Dutch
civil servant
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, who held the positions of Vice-President of the
European Patent Office (EPO), head of the
Boards of Appeal of the EPO, known as DG3 (Directorate-General, 3, Appeals), and Chairman of the EPO
Enlarged Board of Appeal from December 2011 to November 2016. Previously, he held positions at the
Netherlands Patent Office and in the
Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands, he served as an honorary judge at the District Court of The Hague, and he was Principal Director of Patent Law and Multilateral Affairs at the EPO.
See also
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Carl Josefsson, president of the EPO Boards of Appeal since March 1, 2017
References
Living people
European Patent Organisation people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Dutch civil servants
Dutch jurists
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