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Patent Workshop 1 - Introduction to Patents and Patenting

SLU Grogrund organizes three online workshops with the theme Patent. PhD students, postdocs, researchers and company representatives are welcome to join. You can participate in one, two or all three workshops.

Date: 17 October 2025

Time: 09:00 - 12:00

Organiser: SLU Grogrund

Venue: Zoom

Location: Online

Registration to: salla.marttila@slu.se

Last day of registration: 15 October 2025

Workshop 1 gives an introduction to patents and patenting, with examples from biotechnology and plant sciences. Speaker: Elina Staaf, Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV).

Note: PhD students have possibility to gain 1.5 credit points if joining all three workshops, corresponding to P000124 Workshop serie III – Methods in Modern Plant Breeding.

The other two workshops in the series:

24 October 2025, "Support for Patent Applications"

7 November 2025, "Patent Information Search"

@ Contact

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    Salla Marttila, Education Coordinator at SLU Grogrund
    Department of Plant Protection Biology