Prof. Alain Pompidou (born April 5, 1942, Paris, France ^[1][2]) is a French scientist and politician. A former professor of histology, embryology and cytogenetics, he currently is the fourth and current president of the European Patent Office (EPO). He has been president of the EPO since July 1, 2004 and will stay in office until June 30, 2007. He is the foster son of Georges Pompidou, former President of France. The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... A thin section of lung tissue stained with hematoxylin and eosin. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... A metaphase cell positive for the bcr/abl rearrangement using FISH Cytogenetics is the study of the structure of chromosome material. ... The European Patent Organisation (EPO or EPOrg in order to distinguish it from the European Patent Office, which is the main organ of the organisation) is a public international organisation set up by the European Patent Convention. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Foster care is a system by which a certified, stand-in parent(s) cares for minor children or young people who have been removed from their biological parents or other custodial adults by state authority. ... Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (5 July 1911 – 2 April 1974) was President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. ... The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ...

Biography

Professor of histology, embryology and cytogenetics (1974-2004)

He took doctorates in medicine, biology and science. From 1974 to 2004, he was professor of histology, embryology and cytogenetics in the medical faculty of the University of Paris. Until 2004 he was also director of the laboratory of the Cochin - St Vincent de Paul - La Roche Guyon Hospital in Paris, head of the cytogenetics and pathology department, and chairman of the hospital group's advisory board. He hold tenures at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New-York.^{[citation needed]} medicines, see medication and pharmacology. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving The historic University of Paris (French: ) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 reorganised as 13 autonomous universities (University of Paris I–XIII). ... The University of Alabama at Birmingham (also known as UAB) is a public, coeducational university located in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. The university is part of the three-member University of Alabama System, which also includes the main University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa (UA) and the University of Alabama in... The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City is a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital. ... NY redirects here. ...

He is also the author of numerous articles and monographs on science, ethics and society, as well as on biomedical ethics. ^[3]

Advisor for science policy and science ethics

Mr Pompidou served on the consultative and scientific committee of numerous national, European and international organisations, including the World Health Organization (WHO), UNESCO and the European Commission.^{[citation needed]} The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. ... UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... The Commission seat in Brussels The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ...

From 1990 to 2004, he was a member and founder of the French Academy of Technologies. The French Academy of Technologies (Académie des technologies) is a learned society, founded in 2000, with an emphasis on technology. ...

Between 1986 and 1997 he acted as a special adviser to the French prime minister, the minister of research and higher education and the minister of health.^{[citation needed]}

He is also the author of Souviens-toi de l'homme: l'éthique, la vie, la mort (Payot, Paris, 1990).^[4]

He was rapporteur of the subcommission on ethics of outer space activities of the World Commission on Ethics (COMEST) of the UNESCO, and he became a member, then vice-chair of COMEST in 2004. From 1999 to 2004, he served as a spokesman on research and space policy on the French Economic and Social Council. In 1999, he authored the joint report of UNESCO and the European Space Agency (ESA) about The Ethics of Space Policy. ^[5] ESA redirects here. ...

Member of the European Parliament (1989-1999)

As a member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999, he was particularly concerned with the EU Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, with the preparation of the Directive on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions ("gene patent directive"), and with bioethical issues as well as in innovation policy. The Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, also called Framework Programmes or abbreviated FP, are funding programmes created by the European Union in order to support and encourage European research. ... Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions is a European Union directive in the field of patent law, made under the internal market provisions of the Treaty of Rome. ...

From 1994 to 1999 he was president of the European Parliament's Scientific and Technological Options Assessment, as well as President of the "Intergroupe Ciel et Espace Européen".

President of the European Patent Office (2004-2007)

In 2004, he was elected by the Administrative Council of the EPO as a result of a compromise. Although former presidents of the EPO held their post for at least seven years, Alain Pompidou will be president for three years. He will be succeeded by Alison Brimelow for an equal term. Alain Pompidou is the first Frenchman to hold the post of President of the EPO. Alison Brimelow (born in 1949) is a British civil servant and former Chief Executive and Comptroller General of the United Kingdom Patent Office. ...

On June 30, 2004, i.e. the day before becoming president of the EPO, he and Albert-Claude Benhamou were granted EP patent 1358481, filed on March 16, 2001, for a "Device for in situ analysis and/or treatment consisting of a flexible rod and a micro-system fixed at one end of said flexible rod". March 16 is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

As the first president of the EPO with a background that is not specific to intellectual property, his action aims at making the Organisation more open and at raising awareness about the importance of patent policy, in particular among policy makers. ^[6] For the 2006 film, see Intellectual Property (film). ...

The Saint Vincent de Paul Mortuary

Between 1990 and 2004 he was Professor in charge of a number of medical services at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul hospital, in Paris, where in 2005 a collection of 351 foetuses and still-born babies was discovered. Human fetus at eight weeks. ...

The Parquet de Paris (Paris Public Prosecutor's office) found that no violation of French criminal law had taken place. The relevant ministries decided to put the case to the so-called Disciplinary Commission (the competent jurisdiction regarding lecturers and hospital employees of university hospitals) which has reprimanded Prof. Pompidou. ^{[7] [8]} Incurring a reprimand is extremely rare. ^[9]

References

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See also

• Roland Grossenbacher, chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation
• Dominique Guellec, former chief economist at the European Patent Office
• Peter Messerli, Vice-President of the European Patent Office, head of the DG Appeals
• Bruno van Pottelsberghe, chief economist at the European Patent Office.

Dr. Roland Grossenbacher is a Swiss attorney at law currently serving as chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Peter Messerli is the Vice President of the EPO Boards of Appeal known as DG3. ... Professor Bruno J. M. T. G. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie (born August 17, 1968, Uccle, Brussels, Belgium) is a Belgian economist. ...

External links

• Biography on the EPO site
• Biography on the Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology of UNESCO (COMEST)
• Personal web page
• Alain Pompidou on the European Parliament web site