Celebrating and Empowering IP Examiners

IP examiners play a key role in ensuring the quality of patents, trademarks, industrial designs, and geographical indications worldwide, enabling innovation, technology and entrepreneurship to flourish. Each year, they tirelessly review, research and determine 20+ million applications fueling all industries from medicine to agriculture.

Intellectual Property (IP) examiners work in IP offices to review applications for patents, trademarks, industrial designs, or geographical indications. Their role is to determine whether these applications meet legal requirements for protection or not.

IP examiners contribute to the success of the global IP system and their role in the process often remains unnoticed, so in recognition of their significant efforts WIPO celebrated IP examiners on November 11, 2025.
In December 2024, Saudi Arabia proposed theDevelopment Agenda project on Empowering and Celebrating IP Examiners to the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP). After its approval by the CDIP, the project launched in January 2025 to increase the capacity of the IP examiners in supporting IP registrations culminating in a celebration of IP examiners on November 11, 2025.

#celebrateIPexaminers: Mark the occasion with us

Resources

Looking for useful information for IP examiners? Discover WIPO’s repository of resources.

Social media kit

Access our templates of promotional materials which you can use to celebrate IP examiners with us.

Quiz

Test your knowledge of IP examination fun facts with our quiz!

Changemakers gallery

Meet inspiring IP examiners who have made a significant impact on the IP system and beyond!

Video competition

Check out the winning videos showing the behind the scenes of an IP examination.

Frequently asked questions

Planning a celebration but have questions? Visit the FAQs page for clear information.

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