Mr. António Campinos was born in Portugal and has dual nationalities of Portugal and France. António Campinos took up office as the President of the European Patent Office(EPO),an international organisation with 38 member states,on 1 July 2018.With nearly 7000 staff,he leads one of the largest public service institutions in Europe.Headquartered in Munich with offices in Berlin,Brussels,The Hague and Vienna,the EPO was founded with the aim of strengthening co-operation on patents in Europe.Through the EPO's centralised patent granting procedure,inventors are able to obtain high-quality patent protection in up to 44 countries,covering a market of some 700 million people.

Prior to the appointment as President of the EPO,António Campinos was the Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office(EUIPO)in Alicante/Spain from 2010 until June 2018.The EUIPO is responsible for managing the EU trademark and the registered Community design.