A presentation on «Patenting procedures relating to the pharmaceutical field» will be held at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) on 7 September 2017. Patent examiners from the European Patent Office and the IPI will be on hand along with a judge from the Federal Patent Court, a patent attorney from a solicitor’s office, and a patent attorney from a large corporation to discuss issues concerning patents in the pharmaceutical industry. The event is public and designed for representatives, patent filers or patent officers in the pharmaceutical industry. A networking and stand-up lunch will end the event. This morning event will be conducted in English.