The EPO acts as executive body for the European Patent Organization, an intergovernmental organization that was set up on 7 October 1977 on the basis of the European Patent Convention, to “strengthen co-operation between the States of Europe in respect of the protection of inventions” and establish a single procedure for the grant of patents abiding by certain standard rules.
On October 25th, 2021, the Senate of the Republic of Chile unanimously approved a bill to amend the constitution to protect brain rights or “neurorights”. Chile became the first nation to have a constitution in force that explicitly addresses the challenges of emerging neurotechnologies.