Josef Kratochvíl (civil servant)

Josef Kratochvíl is a Czech civil servant and current president of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic.{{cite web |title=Josef Kratochvíl elected Chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation |url=https://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2018/20181212.html |website=epo.org |publisher=European Patent Office |accessdate=13 December 2018 |date=12 December 2018 |archive-date=1 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501183407/https://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2018/20181212.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last1=Dixon |first1=Barney |title=European Patent Organisation appoints Kratochvíl as Administrative Council chair |url=http://www.ippromagazine.com/ippromagazinenews/article.php?article_id=6328 |website=IPPro Magazine |publisher=Black Knight Media Ltd |accessdate=13 December 2018 |location=Munich |date=13 December 2018}} On 12 December 2018 he was elected Chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation, a position he took over on 1 January 2019 for a three-year term.{{cite web |last1=Klos |first1=Mathieu |title=Administrative Council announces new chairman |url=https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/people-and-business/administrative-council-announces-new-chairman/ |publisher=Juve Patent |accessdate=13 December 2018 |date=13 December 2018}}{{cite journal |title=Report on the 157th and 158th meetings of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (10 and 11 October 2018 and 12 and 13 December 2018 respectively) |journal=Official Journal of the European Patent Office |date=31 January 2019 |issue=January 2019 |page=A1 |url=https://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/official-journal/2019/01/a1.html |publisher=European Patent Office |quote=...the Council unanimously elected Josef KRATOCHVÍL (CZ) as its Chairman for a term of 3 years, starting on 1 January 2019.}}