PRH Director General Antti Riivari continues as chair of EPO Committee on Patent Law
Antti Riivari, Director General of the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), has been re-elected as chair of the Committee on Patent Law at the European Patent Office (EPO) for a term of three years, starting on 1 April 2021.
The Committee on Patent Law comes under the EPO Administrative Council. The committee advises the Administrative Council on any legal matters concerning the European Patent Convention or the implementation of the convention. The committee also handles any proposal relating to the amendment of the European Patent Convention and advises the Administrative
Expanded Project Scope
The deepened collaboration between Attana and Linnaeus University is well under way and project preparation has been completed including the installation of a new Attana system and recruitment and training of project personnel. Non-clinical diagnostic testing will commence in the coming weeks with preliminary results scheduled for release in Q2.
As previously communicated, the initial work will focus on assay optimization and benchmarking of the Attana SARS-CoV-2 immunoassay. However, in light of the most recent COVID research showing reduced vaccine efficacy
