Are you a female student or an aspiring entrepreneur with innovative ideas? Then this event is for you. Discover how intellectual property can help you protect your ideas and turn them into reality.
What you’ll learn
- The Austrian Patent Office: its legal mandate and services, nationally and internationally
- How the international patent system interacts with Austrian and European patent law
- Recent legal developments in the medical sector and the protection of computer-implemented inventions
Speaker
Dr. Ursula Hunger studied biochemistry and has worked at the Austrian Patent Office since 2007. She heads a technical department whose examination division processes applications for biotechnological, chemical and medical inventions.
Event details
- Date: Thursday, 3 December 2026
- Time: 13:00 CET (12:00 UTC)
- Where: Online via MS Teams
- Language: English
- Cost: Free of charge
- Registration: until 1 December 2026 here
- The event is aimed at female students, early-stage female founders and female startup teams.
About the program
The event is part of the LEAPXR Women in Entrepreneurship Program. LEAPXR (Linking Education and Applied Practice for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in eXtended Reality) is supported by the EIT Higher Education Initiative, funded by the European Union, and part of the E³UDRES² European University Alliance.

