Roland Grossenbacher

Roland Edouard Grossenbacher is a Swiss lawyer, who served as chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation from 5 March 2000 to 4 March 2009. He was appointed at this post for a first three-year term on 5 March 2000. He was then reelected in 2002 for a second term, beginning on 5 March 2003. In December 2005, he was again re-elected as Chairman of the Council from a third term from 5 March 2006 to 4 March 2009. He originally came "from the copyright area" and wrote his PhD on copyright. He studied at the Zurich University from 1969 to 1974.

He was candidate for the position of President of the European Patent Office, which was to be filled on 1 July 2010, but was not elected to the position. Provided by Wikipedia