This webinar organized by LEAPXR introduces participants to the Austrian Patent Office, outlining its legal mandate and services in both the national and international context. An overview of the international patent system and its interaction with Austrian and European patent law, with particular emphasis on legal developments in the medical sector and the protection of computer-implemented inventions, will be provided. 

With Dr. Ursula Hunger from the Austrian Patent Office, attendees will learn how to manage intellectual property for tech solutions in an international context. Ursula Hunger studied biochemistry and has been working at the Austrian Patent Office since 2007. She is the head of a technical department whose examination division processes applications relating to biotechnological, chemical, and medical inventions.