PHL PATENT EXAMINER AGAIN TOPS RPET PROGRAM

 Engr. Leana Teresa Jimenez (Second from left) together with Bureau of Patents Director Epifanio Evasco, supervisor Engr. Benjamin Eder, Ms. Antonia Castillo of the Human Resource Development Division, and Bureau of Patents Assistant Director Lolibeth Medrano

Engr. Leana Teresa Jimenez, patent examiner from the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), has been awarded the Certificate of Completion on February 6, 2017, from the 2015 batch of trainees under the Regional Patent Examination (RPET) Program, an online training course by IP Australia. Since the start of the RPET Program in 2013, six (6) patent examiners have completed the Program with three consecutive top finishers.