Alberto Casado Cerviño
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Alberto Casado Cerviño (born 15 October 1952 in
Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of both the ''Pontevedra (comarca), Comarca'' and Province of Pontevedra, and the capital of the Rías Baixas. It is als ...
,
Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
) is a former Director General of the
Spanish Patent and Trademark Office The Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (Spanish: ''Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas'', sometimes abbreviated SPTO or OEPM) is an List of agencies in Spain, autonomous agency of the Ministry of Industry (Spain), Ministry of Industry, Trade a ...
. He was appointed to this position on May 24, 2008. From July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, he also acted as Chairman ad interim of the
Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg), the other being the European Patent Office (EPO). The Administrative Council acts as the Organisation's supervisory ...
.European Patent Office (EPO) web site
''Administrative Council, Composition''
. Consulted on December 4, 2009.
Previously, from 1994 to 2004, he served as Vice-President of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM). In June 2012, Alberto Casado Cerviño was appointed to the position of Vice-President DG 2 ("Directorate-General Operational Support") of the
European Patent Office The European Patent Office (EPO) is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg), the other being the Administrative Council. The EPO acts as executive body for the organisation
with a mandate for five years.


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