PatentMind is a highly specialized intellectual property consultancy with a mission to support software and artificial intelligence applications patenting. It is the brainchild of Yannis Skoulikaris, an IP professional with over 30 years of work experience at the European Patent Office (EPO). As a former Director Patent Granting Process with the EPO, Yannis has supervised countless software patenting cases, has co-drafted the EPO guidelines for examination in software and artificial intelligence technology and has presented the EPO law and practice on computer-implemented inventions in numerous fora all over the world.

We focus on so-called borderline cases in information and communications technology with the European Patent Office (EPO), with emphasis on software and artificial intelligence inventions. These inventions are complex and hard to deal with. It is there that we add value, supporting you in cases that risk going the wrong way. If there is still a chance of getting that patent application granted or winning that opposition or appeals case, PatentMind will find it for you and save the case.

We meet the challenge with professionalism, competence and effectiveness. And we are skilled in explaining complex things in plain language and in thinking out of the box.

• we work together with your authorized representative or we provide representation through our professional network

• we screen your case under absolute confidentiality and evaluate the chances of success without any cost or obligation on either side

• capitalizing on our vast EPO working experience, deep understanding of the provisions of the European Patent Convention, the EPO case law and how the EPO examiners think and argue, we bring your case through the examination, opposition or appeal pipeline in a targeted way, advancing the most convincing technical / legal argumentation

• we operate on a competitive and flexible fee schedule (fixed fee, nominal fee / success fee, equity for services)

PatentMind acts as an advisor to HearArtTec, an AI tech spin-off from the Aristoteles University in Thessaloniki.

We are proud to sponsor and advise Anthology Ventures, a Sofia-based venture studio for early-stage startups and business angels.

Our lecture and panel discussion during the Jean Monet Module “Intellectual Property in the Digital Single Market”, Maastricht University.

PatentMind joins the IP Commission at the International Chamber of Commerce and shapes the ICC intervention at the third session of the WIPO conversation on IP and AI on November 4, 2020

We are proud to advise bio-banking specialist Metabio, based in Thessaloniki, Greece, on IP matters.

PatentMind sponsors and speaks at the LAUNCHub Ventures event on “Patenting Software and Artificial Intelligence Apps” on September 14, 2020, Sofia.

We are proud to advise global mobility operator Transdev, based in France and The Netherlands, on IP matters

PatentMind acts as advisor to TheAIWorks, a London-based startup in AI tech