12 Applicants Successfully Pass IPIC's First-Ever Patent Administrator Exam

Published on June 25, 2021

IPIC wishes to extend its congratulations and recognition to the 12 applicants who successfully passed the first-ever Patent Administrator Exam on June 16, 2021. This 4-course online program and qualifying examination encompassed the Patent Foundations and Lifecycle, Preparing and Filing a Patent Application, Patent Examination and Issuance, as well as Patent Maintenance Abandonment and Transfer.

The applicants are:

Olga Gadzhieva of Benoît & Côté
Nicholas Keys of Marks & Clerk Canada
Yvette Kind of Cenovus Energy
Christopher Magri of Aventum IP Law LLP
Mirabela Maier of Gowling WLG Canada
Nancy McIntyre of Queen's University
Julie Park* of Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP
Akanksha Sachdeva
Andrea Shand of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada
Ruchi Singla of ACIC Rise Association
Laura Sustrik
Anisha Tailor* of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada

All applicants have now been awarded the designation of Certified Canadian Patent Administrator. IPIC wishes them all of the very best in this next chapter of their careers in Canadian IP!

Interested in IPIC's Patent Administrator Program? For information about this On-Demand 4-course certification program and to register please visit: https://ipic.ca/courses-events/patent-administrator-program-ondemand.htm

*Not pictured above: Julie Park and Anisha Tailor

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