He visited the National Centre of Intellectual Property (NCIP) in Belarus. The parties discussed cooperation and interaction between the examiners of the two patent offices. Source: sb.by, with reference to the NCIP website.

“Director General of NCIS, Vladimir Ryabovolov, informed Grigory Ivliev about the history of NCIS formation and development, the main activities of the office’s structural units, and visited the archive of patent documentation,” according to the NCIS website.

The parties discussed participation in the session of the EAPO Administrative Council and the WIPO General Assembly in Geneva (July 9–17), as well as the implementation of joint projects on automation of the application and examination processes.

The EAPO President Grigory Ivliev highly appreciated the professional growth of the examiners from the Belarusian patent office, the quality of the examination, the high level of cooperation, and the increase in joint projects implemented by the Republic of Belarus and the EAPO.”