▁under ▁his ▁guidance ▁and ▁aus p ices , ▁the ▁ ▁Mac ed onian ▁invent or ▁Van cho ▁Dim it rov ▁ ▁won ▁the ▁Grand ▁Prix ▁of ▁the ▁International ▁J ury ▁on ▁the ▁Br uss el ' s ▁World ’ s ▁In vention ▁Ex hib ition ▁„ E URE K A “. ▁Dr . ▁Filip ov ▁also ▁prepared ▁the ▁Ag re ement ▁for ▁extension ▁of ▁E PO ▁pat ents ▁to ▁Mac ed onia . ▁( 1 9 9 3 – 1 9 9 9 ) ▁▁▁ ▁Director ▁of ▁Mac ed onian ▁" Ind ust rial ▁Property ▁Prote ction ▁Office "; ▁( 2 0 0 2 – 0 4 ) <0x09> Member ▁of ▁the ▁Executive ▁Committee ▁of ▁the ▁International ▁Federation ▁of ▁In vent ors ▁Associ ations , ▁Gene va ; ▁( 2 0 0 1 – 0 5 ) <0x09> Pres ident ▁of ▁the ▁Union ▁of ▁In vent ors ▁and ▁Auth ors ▁of ▁Techn ical ▁Im prov ements ▁of ▁Mac ed onia , ▁Sk op je ; ▁( 2 0 0 0 – 0 1 ) <0x09> Cons ult ant ▁of ▁Luxemb ourg ' s ▁Government ▁for ▁Project s ▁in ▁Mac ed onia , ▁Luxemb ourg / Sk op je ; ▁In ▁the ▁mean while ▁he ▁is ▁involved ▁in ▁various ▁international ▁organizations ▁dealing ▁with ▁IP ▁matters ▁( W IP O , ▁F IC PI , ▁IN TA , ▁and ▁I FI A ). ▁He ▁wrote ▁several ▁books ▁and ▁held ▁numerous ▁lect ures ▁on ▁IP ▁Top ics ▁at ▁various ▁Sem in ars ▁and ▁Sym pos iums