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Prof. Alain Pompidou (born April 5, 1942, Paris, France [1][2]) is a French scientist and politician. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A scientist, in the broadest sense refers to any person that engages in a systematic activity to acquire Knowledge or an individual that engages in such practices A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A former professor of histology, embryology and cytogenetics, he was the fourth president of the European Patent Office (EPO) from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2007. Histology (from the Greek = 'tissue' is the study of the microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues of Plants and Embryology (from Greek grc ἔμβρυον embryon, "unborn embryo" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study of the development Cytogenetics is a branch of Genetics that is concerned with the study of chromosomes and cell division The European Patent Office (EPO is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg the other being the Administrative Council. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. He is the foster son of Georges Pompidou, former President of France. Foster care is a system by which a certified stand-in "parent(s" cares for minor Children or young peoples who have been removed from their birth parents Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (5 July 1911 2 April 1974 was President of the French Republic from 1969 until his death in 1974 The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected

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Biography

Professor of histology, embryology and cytogenetics (1974-2004)

He took doctorates in medicine, biology and science. Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding From 1974 to 2004, he was professor of histology, embryology and cytogenetics in the medical faculty of the University of Paris. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris first appeared in the second half of the 13th century Until 2004 he was also director of the laboratory of the Cochin - St Vincent de Paul - La Roche Guyon Hospital in Paris, head of the cytogenetics and pathology department, and chairman of the hospital group's advisory board. He hold tenures at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New-York. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC is a Cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous

He is also the author of numerous articles and monographs on science, ethics and society, as well as on biomedical ethics. [3]

Advisor for science policy and science ethics

Pompidou served on the consultative and scientific committee of numerous national, European and international organisations, including the World Health Organization (WHO), UNESCO and the European Commission. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union.

From 1990 to 2004, he was a member and founder of the French Academy of Technologies. The French Academy of Technologies ( Académie des technologies) is a Learned society, founded in 2000 with an emphasis on Technology.

Between 1986 and 1997 he acted as a special adviser to the French prime minister, the minister of research and higher education and the minister of health.

He is also the author of Souviens-toi de l'homme: l'éthique, la vie, la mort (Payot, Paris, 1990). [4]

He was rapporteur of the subcommission on ethics of outer space activities of the World Commission on Ethics (COMEST) of the UNESCO, and he became a member, then vice-chair of COMEST in 2004. From 1999 to 2004, he served as a spokesman on research and space policy on the French Economic and Social Council. In 1999, he authored the joint report of UNESCO and the European Space Agency (ESA) about The Ethics of Space Policy. The European Space Agency ( ESA) established in 1975 is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 17 member [5]

Member of the European Parliament (1989-1999)

As a member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999, he was particularly concerned with the EU Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, with the preparation of the Directive on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions ("gene patent directive"), and with bioethical issues as well as in innovation policy. The Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, also called Framework Programmes or abbreviated FP, are funding programmes created by the Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions is a European Union directive in the

From 1994 to 1999 he was president of the European Parliament's Scientific and Technological Options Assessment, as well as President of the "Intergroupe Ciel et Espace Européen".

President of the European Patent Office (2004-2007)

In 2004, he was elected by the Administrative Council of the EPO as a result of a compromise. Although former presidents of the EPO held their post for at least seven years, Alain Pompidou was president for three years. He was succeeded by Alison Brimelow for an equal term. Alison Jane Brimelow CBE (born 1949) is a British Civil servant and former Chief Executive and Comptroller General of the UK Alain Pompidou was the first Frenchman to hold the post of President of the EPO.

On June 30, 2004, i. e. the day before becoming president of the EPO, he and Albert-Claude Benhamou were granted EP patent 1358481, filed on March 16, 2001, for a "Device for in situ analysis and/or treatment consisting of a flexible rod and a micro-system fixed at one end of said flexible rod". Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.

As the first president of the EPO with a background that is not specific to intellectual property, his action aimed at making the Organisation more open and at raising awareness about the importance of patent policy, in particular among policy makers. Intellectual property ( IP) is a legal field that refers to creations of the mind such as musical literary and artistic works inventions and symbols names [6]

The Saint Vincent de Paul Mortuary

Between 1990 and 2004 he was Professor in charge of a number of medical services at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul hospital, in Paris, where in 2005 a collection of 351 foetuses and still-born babies was discovered. A fetus (or foetus or fœtus) is a developing Mammal or other Viviparous Vertebrate, after the Embryonic stage and

The Parquet de Paris (Paris Public Prosecutor's office) found that no violation of French criminal law had taken place. The relevant ministries decided to put the case to the so-called Disciplinary Commission (the competent jurisdiction regarding lecturers and hospital employees of university hospitals) which has reprimanded Prof. Pompidou. [7] [8] Incurring a reprimand is extremely rare. [9]

References

  1. ^ Personal web page, Detailed resume. Consulted on April 2, 2007.
  2. ^ European Parliament web site, MEP profile, Alain Pompidou. The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU Consulted on April 2, 2007.
  3. ^ COMEST web site, COMEST Members: Alain Pompidou. Consulted on April 2, 2007.
  4. ^ (French) Souviens-toi de l'homme on Amazon: [1]
  5. ^ The Ethics of Space Policy, ESA/UNESCO/ECSL/COMEST, [2]
  6. ^ Joff Wild, European Patent Owners May Have Found Their Champion, ipFrontline web site, January 19, 2005.
  7. ^ (French) Cécile Prieur, Deux médecins blâmés dans l'affaire des fœtus de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul., Le Monde, August 3, 2006. Le Monde (The World is a
  8. ^ (French) Cabinet de Xavier Bertrand, Ministre de la santé et des solidarités (French Secretary of State for health), Affaire de la chambre mortuaire de l’hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, Communiqué, Paris, August 2, 2006
  9. ^ (French) Eric Favereau, Blâme après l'affaire des foetus de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Libération, August 3, 2006. Xavier Bertrand (born March 21, 1965 in Châlons-sur-Marne, Marne) is a French politician Libération (affectionately known as Libé) is a French Daily Newspaper founded in Paris in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre

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Preceded by
Ingo Kober		 President of the European Patent Office
2004–2007		 Succeeded by
Alison Brimelow
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