The Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) is a regional organization

Organization

An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...

 set up by the Eurasian Patent Convention

Eurasian Patent Convention

The Eurasian Patent Convention is an international patent law treaty instituting the Eurasian Patent Organization . It was signed on September 9, 1994 in Moscow, Russia.- External links :* On the Eurasian Patent Organization web site:** ** **...

 (EAPC). Its task is to grant Eurasian patents. The official language of the EAPO is Russian

Russian language

Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

 and its current president is Alexander Grigoriev.

Member states

There are 9 member states: Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...

, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Tajikistan, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, the Azerbaijan Republic, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...

, the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Moldova.

External links

• Official page of the Eurasian Patent Office