We launched a roadmap for 2021-2024 with our Strategic Plan of the SPTO!

Preparing for the future with enthusiasm and the aim of being a more modern, sustainable, digital, innovative, transparent company that is close to Spain´s citizens, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, O.A. (SPTO) has recently published and presented its Strategic Plan 2021-2014 (hereinafter PE 2021-2024). The Plan was published in a ceremony chaired by the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Ms. Reyes Maroto Illera, by the Undersecretary of MINCOTUR and President of the OEPM, Mr. Pablo Garde Lobo and by the Director of the SPTO, José A. Gil Celedonio.

PE 2021-2024 is the presentation of the SPTO as a national and international industrial property organization, and provides the necessary action plan to achieve the five general objectives established therein, and thus allow the fulfillment of the Mission and the scope of the office's vision.

Our PE 2021-2024 is designed so that the SPTO contributes to the sustainable economic development and technological progress of Spanish society by promoting innovation, creativity, and knowledge in the public and private sectors, through a strategic and intelligent use of Property Industrial. The SPTO aims to be a useful and proactive office, close to users, with committed specialists, excellent in its operation, and at the forefront of services and technology, as well as open to cooperation and internationally recognized.

Our PE 2021-2024 has been developed in a collaborative way, with the participation of all the departments of the SPTO and the contributions of interested parties and the general public. The Plan strengthens the organization, allowing it to take advantage of opportunities in the environment, preparing it to face difficulties and unforeseen events, and always ensuring the quality of its services.

The Plan has focused on the following five general objectives which, in turn, are broken down into 14 strategies and, these strategies, into a total of 51 projects:

• Objective 1. Promote a strategic use of Industrial Property (3 strategies and 13 projects).
• Objective 2. Promote research, development, and technology transfer (3 strategies and 8 projects).
• Objective 3. Contribute to multilevel international governance of Industrial Property (2 strategies and 7 projects).
• Objective 4. Promote the fight against counterfeiting and infringement of Industrial Property rights (2 strategies and 8 projects).
• Objective 5. Advance towards a more people-centered, sustainable, digital, innovative, transparent and effective SPTO (4 strategies and 15 projects).

PE 2021-2024 will be implemented through the corresponding Annual Operational Plan (POA), where the specific projects and activities to be executed in the current year, and the specific results or effects to be achieved, will be collected.