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Benoît Battistelli

Benoît Battistelli (born 12 July 1950 in Paris, France[1]) is a French civil servant, former president of the European Patent Office (EPO) (2010-2018), and former head of the French National Industrial Property Institute (INPI).[2]

Career edit

Benoît Battistelli graduated from the École Nationale d'Administration (ÉNA, English: National School of Administration) in 1978.[1][3] From 1978 to 2002, he held various posts in French government departments and the French embassies in Italy, India, Poland and Turkey.[1] Later, from June 2002 to April 2004, he was assistant director of staff of Nicole Fontaine,[1][3] former President of the European Parliament.

From 12 May 2004 to June/July 2010, he headed (more precisely, he was the directeur général, i.e. chief executive officer) the French National Industrial Property Institute (INPI, standing for Institut national de la propriété industrielle in French), in charge of patents, trademarks and industrial design rights.[3][4][5]

Battistelli chaired the Supervisory Board of the European Patent Academy from July 2005 to July 2008. He was also chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation.[6] He was elected to the post of Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation on 5 December 2006 for a three-year term.[7] Then, later the Administrative Council appointed him as its Chairman for a three-year term, from 5 March 2009 until March 2012,[8] although his election in March 2010 as President of the European Patent Office meant that he had to step down as Chairman of the Administrative Council.

In 2008, he had been named as one of the potential candidates to succeed Kamil Idris to lead the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),[9] but Francis Gurry was eventually selected for the post.

President of the EPO edit

On 1 March 2010 he was elected president of the European Patent Office (EPO), after a long and controversial series of meetings of the Administrative Council. He took up the post on 1 July 2010, for a term of five years.[10][11][12] He was the sixth president of the EPO, the second Frenchman to hold the post, and the first president who has previously held the post of Chairman of the Administrative Council.

Under Battistelli's tenure, the EPO played an important role in the preparatory work for the introduction of the unitary patent, which came into existence on 1 June 2023. In this context, Battistelli was listed in 2014 by the Managing Intellectual Property magazine as one of the 50 most influential people in intellectual property.[13] In June 2014, Battistelli's term of office as EPO president was extended for a further three years until 30 June 2018,[14][15] amidst concerns from the EPO staff.[16][17] In July 2018, he was succeeded by António Campinos.

Discontent within the EPO staff edit

Battistelli's presidency has encountered discontent among the staff and has been marked by industrial actions with an escalation of the conflict in 2014.[18][19][20][21] Discontent on the part of staff has been attributed to Battistelli's style of management which, according to reports in the German newspapers Die Zeit and Die Welt, was perceived by staff as being unduly autocratic and unsuited to a European intergovernmental body such as the EPO,[22][23][24] and, according to an article in the French newspaper Le Monde, has been brought in relation with suicides among the EPO staff since 2013.[25] Battistelli's management style has also been criticized in the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf,[26][27] and by Philip Cordery, member of the French National Assembly.[28][29] In an interview to the German business lawyer journal JUVE, Siegfried Bross, former judge at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, expressed the view that EPO's organization giving its president excessive powers is "principally incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)" and that EPO's president, Benoît Battistelli, acted in 2015 against an EPO staff member "without legal legitimacy".[30]

On 9 March 2018 a petition signed by 924 patent examiners denounced "the submission to constraints that are no longer compatible with fulfilling appropriately our duties within the Search and Examination divisions".[31] They wrote: “We are far too often put in front of the dilemma of either working according to the European Patent Convention and respecting the examiner’s guidelines, or issuing 'products' as our hierarchy demands".[32][33]

Computer tapping controversy edit

In June 2015, shortly before a meeting of the EPO President with the European Parliament, news broke of a controversial computer tapping action which apparently took place at the EPO towards the end of 2014. An article published in the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung stated that it had obtained an internal report which showed that the EPO had tapped two publicly accessible computers that had been identified as a source for leaked information. The systems were placed under surveillance using cameras and keylogging and this led to the suspension of a member of staff.[34][35] These events led the Bavarian Data Protection Commissioner, Thomas Petri, and the Federal German Data Protection Commissioner, Andrea Voßhoff, to raise concerns regarding data protection matters at the EPO.[36][37][38]

Local political life edit

As of 2014, he was also town councillor (French: "conseiller municipal") of the French municipality of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines).[39][40]

Honorary degrees edit

In 2013, Battistelli received an honorary professorship from Renmin University of China, Beijing,[41] and, in 2014, the Menéndez Pelayo International University in Santander, Spain, awarded him an honorary doctorate.[42][43]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d EPO web site, President, Benoît Battistelli 2011-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, August 2011.
  2. ^ (in French) Arrêté du 25 juin 2010 portant nomination du directeur général par intérim de l'Institut national de la propriété industrielle, NOR: ECEZ1015755A, JORF n°0148 du 29 juin 2010 page 11672, texte n° 63. Consulted on July 1, 2010 (legifrance.gouv.fr).
  3. ^ a b c (in French) Les forums du financement et de l’Innovation web site, Benoît Batistelli 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine. Consulted on March 23, 2008.
  4. ^ (in French) INPI web site, Le Conseil d'administration 2008-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. Consulted on March 23, 2008.
  5. ^ France names new patent office chief, Managing Intellectual Property, Weekly News, May 2004. Consulted on March 23, 2008.
  6. ^ European Patent Office (EPO) web site, Administrative Council, Composition 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Consulted on March 8, 2009.
  7. ^ (in French), INPI web site, Benoît Battistelli, Directeur général de l'INPI, est élu vice-président du conseil d'administration de l'Office européen des brevets (OEB) 2007-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, Communiqués de presse (Press release), December 6, 2006. Consulted on March 23, 2008.
  8. ^ EPO web site, Benoît Battistelli to head the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation December 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, News, December 11, 2008. Consulted on December 11, 2008.
  9. ^ Eklavya Gupte, Race to succeed Idris underway, Managing Intellectual Property, January 11, 2008. Consulted on March 23, 2008.
  10. ^ EPO web site, Applications received for the post of EPO President September 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, 17 September 2009. Consulted on September 18, 2009.
  11. ^ EPO web site, Benoît Battistelli elected EPO President March 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, News, 1 March 2010. Consulted on 2 March 2010.
  12. ^ (in German) V. Bernau, Schwieriges Amt, schwere Wahl 2010-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Süddeutsche Zeitung online, 1 March 2010. Consulted on 2 March 2010.
  13. ^ IP's most influential people 2014, Managing Intellectual Property, 21 July 2014. Consulted on 2 September 2014.
  14. ^ "Battistelli given three-year extension at EPO", World Intellectual Property Review, 30 June 2014
  15. ^ Report on the 140th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (25-26 June 2014), OJ EPO 2014, A79 (Online publication date: 31.8.2014).
  16. ^ "EPO President Battistelli’s Term Extended Amid Staff Concerns", Intellectual Property Watch, 30 June 2014
  17. ^ . Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 28 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  18. ^ "Streit beim Europäischen Patentamt eskaliert", Süddeutsche Zeitung, 11.03.2014
  19. ^ "European Patent Office Staff Calls Strike; President Battistelli Reacts", Intellectual Property Watch, 19.03.2014
  20. ^ "EPO facing more strike action", World Intellectual Property Review, 28.05.2014
  21. ^ "EPO staff in Battistelli fight" ", World Intellectual Property Review, 28.05.2014
  22. ^ "Umstritten und souverän", Die Zeit, 30.03.2014
  23. ^ English translation of "Umstritten und souverän": "Controversial and sovereign" 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ Tauber, Andre (24 August 2014). "Aufstand der Besserverdiener" [Uprising of the high-income earners]. Die Welt (in German). Axel Springer SE. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  25. ^ "Un si bon office", Le Monde, 06.04.2015
  26. ^ "Terreur op werkvloer onder Franse despoot", De Telegraaf, 24 June 2014 (in Dutch).
  27. ^ "Franse despoot herbenoemd bij Octrooibureau", De Telegraaf, 26 June 2014 (in Dutch).
  28. ^ Agence France Presse, AFP (March 30, 2014). "A l'Office européen des brevets, ambiance délétère et président contesté" [At the EPO, deleterious atmosphere and contentious president] (in French). Le Parisien. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  29. ^ Lamant, Ludovic (24 June 2014). "Tension sociale maximale au sein de l'office européen des brevets" [High social unrest at the European Patent Office]. Mediapart (in French). Société Editrice de Mediapart (SAS). Retrieved 3 September 2014. (also available here 2014-09-04 at the Wayback Machine).
  30. ^ "EPA-Disziplinarverfahren: 'Verwaltungsrat und Battistelli handeln ohne rechtliche Grundlage'", JUVE, 29.10.2015
  31. ^ "Petition from EPO examiners" (PDF).
  32. ^ . The register. 2018-03-15. Archived from the original on 2018-03-15.
  33. ^ Media, Newton (2018-03-16). "Patent quality endangered by EPO management, claim examiners". World Intellectual Property Review.
  34. ^ Intellectual Property Watch, "Report: European Patent Office Tapped Computers", Intellectual Property Watch, 11 June 2015
  35. ^ Riedel, Katja (8 June 2015). "Europäisches Patentamt überwachte Mitarbeiter mit Keyloggern" [The European Patent Office carried out secret surveillance on employees using keyloggers]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  36. ^ Katja Riedel, "Europäisches Patentamt: Forderung nach externem Datenschützer", Süddeutsche Zeitung, 10 June 2015 (in German)
  37. ^ Thomas Magenheim-Hörmann, "Europäisches Patentamt: Europäisches Patentamt: Beschäftigte bespitzelt", Münchner Merkur, 13 June 2015 (in German)
  38. ^ Riedel, Katja (17 September 2015). "Europäisches Patentamt - Datenschützer fordern Aufsicht für Patentamt" [European Patent Office - Data Protection Commissioner calls for oversight of Patent Office]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. Retrieved 25 September 2015. - English, French and Dutch translations of "Europäisches Patentamt - Datenschützer fordern Aufsicht für Patentamt": "European Patent Office - Data Protection Commissioner calls for oversight of Patent Office"
  39. ^ . Mairie de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  40. ^ "C. (No. 3) v. EPO; 125th Session; Judgment No. 3958". ilo.org. International Labour Organization. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017. ... Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where the President was a Town Councillor, ...
  41. ^ "7th EPO-SIPO heads' meeting brings offices even closer together". European Patent Office. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  42. ^ "EPO and Spain continue co-operation on Latin America". European Patent Office. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  43. ^ [Benoît Battistelli and Bruno Strigini, Doctors Honoris Causa of the UIMP] (in Spanish). Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo. 9 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.

Further reading edit

  • Barbaux, Aurélie (September 20, 2012). "Le stratège du brevet européen" [The strategist of the European patent] (in French). L'Usine Nouvelle n° 3299. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

External links edit

  • at the European Patent Office
  • Benoît Battistelli at Who's Who in France
  • (in French) Interview (dailymotion.com) (JoCIF)
  • Questions by epi to the candidates for the position as President of the EPO, Mr. Benoît Battistelli[permanent dead link] by the European Patent Institute (epi), October 2009.[dead link]
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Head of the French National Institute of Industrial Property
2004–2010
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Positions in intergovernmental organisations
Preceded by Chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation
2009–2010
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Preceded by President of the European Patent Office
2010–2018
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Benoit Battistelli born 12 July 1950 in Paris France 1 is a French civil servant former president of the European Patent Office EPO 2010 2018 and former head of the French National Industrial Property Institute INPI 2 Contents 1 Career 1 1 President of the EPO 1 1 1 Discontent within the EPO staff 1 1 2 Computer tapping controversy 1 2 Local political life 2 Honorary degrees 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksCareer editBenoit Battistelli graduated from the Ecole Nationale d Administration ENA English National School of Administration in 1978 1 3 From 1978 to 2002 he held various posts in French government departments and the French embassies in Italy India Poland and Turkey 1 Later from June 2002 to April 2004 he was assistant director of staff of Nicole Fontaine 1 3 former President of the European Parliament From 12 May 2004 to June July 2010 he headed more precisely he was the directeur general i e chief executive officer the French National Industrial Property Institute INPI standing for Institut national de la propriete industrielle in French in charge of patents trademarks and industrial design rights 3 4 5 Battistelli chaired the Supervisory Board of the European Patent Academy from July 2005 to July 2008 He was also chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation 6 He was elected to the post of Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation on 5 December 2006 for a three year term 7 Then later the Administrative Council appointed him as its Chairman for a three year term from 5 March 2009 until March 2012 8 although his election in March 2010 as President of the European Patent Office meant that he had to step down as Chairman of the Administrative Council In 2008 he had been named as one of the potential candidates to succeed Kamil Idris to lead the World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO 9 but Francis Gurry was eventually selected for the post President of the EPO edit On 1 March 2010 he was elected president of the European Patent Office EPO after a long and controversial series of meetings of the Administrative Council He took up the post on 1 July 2010 for a term of five years 10 11 12 He was the sixth president of the EPO the second Frenchman to hold the post and the first president who has previously held the post of Chairman of the Administrative Council Under Battistelli s tenure the EPO played an important role in the preparatory work for the introduction of the unitary patent which came into existence on 1 June 2023 In this context Battistelli was listed in 2014 by the Managing Intellectual Property magazine as one of the 50 most influential people in intellectual property 13 In June 2014 Battistelli s term of office as EPO president was extended for a further three years until 30 June 2018 14 15 amidst concerns from the EPO staff 16 17 In July 2018 he was succeeded by Antonio Campinos Discontent within the EPO staff edit Battistelli s presidency has encountered discontent among the staff and has been marked by industrial actions with an escalation of the conflict in 2014 18 19 20 21 Discontent on the part of staff has been attributed to Battistelli s style of management which according to reports in the German newspapers Die Zeit and Die Welt was perceived by staff as being unduly autocratic and unsuited to a European intergovernmental body such as the EPO 22 23 24 and according to an article in the French newspaper Le Monde has been brought in relation with suicides among the EPO staff since 2013 25 Battistelli s management style has also been criticized in the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf 26 27 and by Philip Cordery member of the French National Assembly 28 29 In an interview to the German business lawyer journal JUVE Siegfried Bross former judge at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany expressed the view that EPO s organization giving its president excessive powers is principally incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights ECHR and that EPO s president Benoit Battistelli acted in 2015 against an EPO staff member without legal legitimacy 30 On 9 March 2018 a petition signed by 924 patent examiners denounced the submission to constraints that are no longer compatible with fulfilling appropriately our duties within the Search and Examination divisions 31 They wrote We are far too often put in front of the dilemma of either working according to the European Patent Convention and respecting the examiner s guidelines or issuing products as our hierarchy demands 32 33 Computer tapping controversy edit In June 2015 shortly before a meeting of the EPO President with the European Parliament news broke of a controversial computer tapping action which apparently took place at the EPO towards the end of 2014 An article published in the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung stated that it had obtained an internal report which showed that the EPO had tapped two publicly accessible computers that had been identified as a source for leaked information The systems were placed under surveillance using cameras and keylogging and this led to the suspension of a member of staff 34 35 These events led the Bavarian Data Protection Commissioner Thomas Petri and the Federal German Data Protection Commissioner Andrea Vosshoff to raise concerns regarding data protection matters at the EPO 36 37 38 Local political life edit As of 2014 he was also town councillor French conseiller municipal of the French municipality of Saint Germain en Laye Yvelines 39 40 Honorary degrees editIn 2013 Battistelli received an honorary professorship from Renmin University of China Beijing 41 and in 2014 the Menendez Pelayo International University in Santander Spain awarded him an honorary doctorate 42 43 References edit a b c d EPO web site President Benoit Battistelli Archived 2011 08 27 at the Wayback Machine August 2011 in French Arrete du 25 juin 2010 portant nomination du directeur general par interim de l Institut national de la propriete industrielle NOR ECEZ1015755A JORF n 0148 du 29 juin 2010 page 11672 texte n 63 Consulted on July 1 2010 legifrance gouv fr a b c in French Les forums du financement et de l Innovation web site Benoit Batistelli Archived 2007 12 21 at the Wayback Machine Consulted on March 23 2008 in French INPI web site Le Conseil d administration Archived 2008 03 21 at the Wayback Machine Consulted on March 23 2008 France names new patent office chief Managing Intellectual Property Weekly News May 2004 Consulted on March 23 2008 European Patent Office EPO web site Administrative Council Composition Archived 2008 05 17 at the Wayback Machine Consulted on March 8 2009 in French INPI web site Benoit Battistelli Directeur general de l INPI est elu vice president du conseil d administration de l Office europeen des brevets OEB Archived 2007 10 29 at the Wayback Machine Communiques de presse Press release December 6 2006 Consulted on March 23 2008 EPO web site Benoit Battistelli to head the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation Archived December 17 2008 at the Wayback Machine News December 11 2008 Consulted on December 11 2008 Eklavya Gupte Race to succeed Idris underway Managing Intellectual Property January 11 2008 Consulted on March 23 2008 EPO web site Applications received for the post of EPO President Archived September 22 2009 at the Wayback Machine 17 September 2009 Consulted on September 18 2009 EPO web site Benoit Battistelli elected EPO President Archived March 6 2010 at the Wayback Machine News 1 March 2010 Consulted on 2 March 2010 in German V Bernau Schwieriges Amt schwere Wahl Archived 2010 03 03 at the Wayback Machine Suddeutsche Zeitung online 1 March 2010 Consulted on 2 March 2010 IP s most influential people 2014 Managing Intellectual Property 21 July 2014 Consulted on 2 September 2014 Battistelli given three year extension at EPO World Intellectual Property Review 30 June 2014 Report on the 140th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation 25 26 June 2014 OJ EPO 2014 A79 Online publication date 31 8 2014 EPO President Battistelli s Term Extended Amid Staff Concerns Intellectual Property Watch 30 June 2014 Machtfulle die es in Europas Behorden sonst kaum gibt Suddeutsche Zeitung in German 28 June 2014 Archived from the original on 14 July 2014 Retrieved 4 July 2014 Streit beim Europaischen Patentamt eskaliert Suddeutsche Zeitung 11 03 2014 European Patent Office Staff Calls Strike President Battistelli Reacts Intellectual Property Watch 19 03 2014 EPO facing more strike action World Intellectual Property Review 28 05 2014 EPO staff in Battistelli fight World Intellectual Property Review 28 05 2014 Umstritten und souveran Die Zeit 30 03 2014 English translation of Umstritten und souveran Controversial and sovereign Archived 2014 07 14 at the Wayback Machine Tauber Andre 24 August 2014 Aufstand der Besserverdiener Uprising of the high income earners Die Welt in German Axel Springer SE p 4 Retrieved 2 September 2014 Un si bon office Le Monde 06 04 2015 Terreur op werkvloer onder Franse despoot De Telegraaf 24 June 2014 in Dutch Franse despoot herbenoemd bij Octrooibureau De Telegraaf 26 June 2014 in Dutch Agence France Presse AFP March 30 2014 A l Office europeen des brevets ambiance deletere et president conteste At the EPO deleterious atmosphere and contentious president in French Le Parisien Retrieved 14 July 2014 Lamant Ludovic 24 June 2014 Tension sociale maximale au sein de l office europeen des brevets High social unrest at the European Patent Office Mediapart in French Societe Editrice de Mediapart SAS Retrieved 3 September 2014 also available here Archived 2014 09 04 at the Wayback Machine EPA Disziplinarverfahren Verwaltungsrat und Battistelli handeln ohne rechtliche Grundlage JUVE 29 10 2015 Petition from EPO examiners PDF Patent quality has fallen confirm Euro examiners The register 2018 03 15 Archived from the original on 2018 03 15 Media Newton 2018 03 16 Patent quality endangered by EPO management claim examiners World Intellectual Property Review Intellectual Property Watch Report European Patent Office Tapped Computers Intellectual Property Watch 11 June 2015 Riedel Katja 8 June 2015 Europaisches Patentamt uberwachte Mitarbeiter mit Keyloggern The European Patent Office carried out secret surveillance on employees using keyloggers Suddeutsche Zeitung in German Munich Retrieved 9 June 2015 Katja Riedel Europaisches Patentamt Forderung nach externem Datenschutzer Suddeutsche Zeitung 10 June 2015 in German Thomas Magenheim Hormann Europaisches Patentamt Europaisches Patentamt Beschaftigte bespitzelt Munchner Merkur 13 June 2015 in German Riedel Katja 17 September 2015 Europaisches Patentamt Datenschutzer fordern Aufsicht fur Patentamt European Patent Office Data Protection Commissioner calls for oversight of Patent Office Suddeutsche Zeitung in German Munich Retrieved 25 September 2015 English French and Dutch translations of Europaisches Patentamt Datenschutzer fordern Aufsicht fur Patentamt European Patent Office Data Protection Commissioner calls for oversight of Patent Office Elus de la majorite Union pour Saint Germain Mairie de Saint Germain en Laye Archived from the original on 22 July 2014 Retrieved 12 July 2014 C No 3 v EPO 125th Session Judgment No 3958 ilo org International Labour Organization 6 December 2017 Retrieved 29 December 2017 Saint Germain en Laye where the President was a Town Councillor 7th EPO SIPO heads meeting brings offices even closer together European Patent Office 29 November 2013 Retrieved 1 August 2014 EPO and Spain continue co operation on Latin America European Patent Office 15 July 2014 Retrieved 1 August 2014 Benoit Battistelli y Bruno Strigini Doctores Honoris Causa por la UIMP Benoit Battistelli and Bruno Strigini Doctors Honoris Causa of the UIMP in Spanish Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo 9 July 2014 Archived from the original on 8 August 2014 Retrieved 3 August 2014 Further reading editBarbaux Aurelie September 20 2012 Le stratege du brevet europeen The strategist of the European patent in French L Usine Nouvelle n 3299 Retrieved 12 July 2014 External links editBenoit Battistelli at the European Patent Office Benoit Battistelli at Who s Who in France in French Interview dailymotion com JoCIF Questions by epi to the candidates for the position as President of the EPO Mr Benoit Battistelli permanent dead link by the European Patent Institute epi October 2009 dead link Government offices Preceded by Head of the French National Institute of Industrial Property2004 2010 Succeeded byYves Lapierre Positions in intergovernmental organisations Preceded byRoland Grossenbacher Chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation2009 2010 Succeeded byJesper Kongstad Preceded byAlison Brimelow President of the European Patent Office2010 2018 Succeeded byAntonio Campinos Retrieved from https en 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