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Patent Examiner Recruitment
About CIPO
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is responsible for granting
and registering intellectual property (IP) rights in Canada and for ensuring
that the information acquired, in exchange for such rights, is made available
to the public. The development, management and exploitation of IP is important
to Canada's economic development and international competitiveness. CIPO's
role is to ensure that IP contributes to an acceleration of Canada's economic
development and that the benefits of the IP system accrue to Canadians.
The head of CIPO carries several titles:
Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trade-marks and Chief Executive Officer
(CEO). Reporting to the CEO are: the Director, Patent Branch (PB), the Chairperson
of the Patent Appeal Board (PAB), the Director, Trade-marks Branch (TMB), the
Chairperson of the Trade-marks Opposition Board (TMOB), the Director, Copyright
and Industrial Design Branch (CIDB), and the Director, Information Branch (IB).
- The PB or Patent Office receives, processes, and examines applications
and grants patents.
- The PAB provides an appeal mechanism when the PB rejects an application
for a patent, and a similar mechanism for industrial designs.
- The TMB receives and examines applications for trade-mark registration
and grants registrations to qualifying applicants.
- The TMOB provides a mechanism for those who wish to oppose a trade-mark
or expunge a registered trade-mark.
- The CIDB registers copyrights, industrial designs and integrated
circuit topographies.
- The IB fosters the use of IP systems and the dissemination of IP information in Canada.
Also reporting to the CEO is the Executive Director, Corporate Strategies and Services (CSS),
who is responsible for the following branches:
- The Human Resources Branch (HRB) provides a wide range of employee
services, which include staffing, staff relations, classification,
training and development.
- The Planning, Finance and Administration Branch (PFAB) provides various
services such as strategic and corporate planning, performance measurement
and reporting, financial administration, analysis and reporting, and comprehensive
administration services.
- The Informatics Services Branch (ISB) provides information technology
services to CIPO's product lines and corporate services.
- The Corporate Strategies Branch (CSB) develops CIPO's international relations,
regulatory plan, policy and services' strategies and provides a wide range of
communications' services.
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