Amendments to Implementing Regulations as of 1.4.2010, 1.1.2011 and 01.4.2013

Amendments to Implementing Regulations as of 1.4.2013

Decisions of the Administrative Council

•  Decision of 27 June 2012 amending Rule 53 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 7/12) (PDF, 36 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2012, 442)

Notices from the EPO

• Notice dated 28 January 2013 concerning amended Rule 53(3) EPC (PDF, 40 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2013, 150)

Amendments to Implementing Regulations as of 1.4.2010 and 1.1.2011 

Decisions of the Administrative Council

• Decision of 26 October 2010 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention and the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 2/10) (PDF, 50 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2010, 637)
• Decision of 26 October 2010 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 12/10) (PDF, 43 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2010, 634)
• Decision of 26 October 2010 amending Rule 36 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 16/10) (PDF, 43 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2010, 568)
• Decision of 28 October 2009 amending Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees (PDF, 55 KB)
  (OJ EPO, 2009, 587)
• Decision of 28 October 2009 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 18/09) (PDF, 41 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2009, 585)
• Decision of 27 October 2009 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 20/09) (PDF, 41 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2009, 582)
• Decision of 25 March 2009 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 3/09) (PDF, 62 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2009, 299)
• Decision of 25 March 2009 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 2/09) (PDF, 47 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2009, 296)

Decisions of the President

• Decision dated 9 December 2010 concerning the information given in the European Patent Register (PDF, 38 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2011, 110)
  
• Decision dated 9 December 2010 exempting applicants claiming the priority of a first filing made in Japan, the United Kingdom or the United States of America from filing a copy of the search results under Rule 141(1) EPC – utilisation scheme (PDF, 45 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2011, 62)
  
• Decision dated 5 October 2010 on the filing of copies of search results under Rule 141(1) EPC - utilisation scheme (PDF, 45 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2010, 600)

Notices from the EPO

• Notice dated 28 January 2013 concerning amended Rule 53(3) EPC (PDF, 40 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2013, 150)
• Notice dated 3 December 2012 on calculation of the time limit under Rule 36(1) EPC (PDF, 32 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2013, 16)
• Notice dated 5 April 2011 concerning updated Form 1200 (entry into the European phase) and the possibility to waive the right to the communication under Rules 161(1) or (2) and 162 EPC (PDF, 36 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2011, 354)
• Presentation "Recent amendments to the EPC - European divisional applications" (PDF, 184 KB). Updated in March 2011
• Notice dated 11 March 2011 concerning identification of the examining division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued (Rule 36(1)(a) EPC) and the entry of this communication's date of despatch in the European Patent Register (PDF, 37 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2011, 273)
  
• Notice dated 9 December 2010 concerning exemption under Rule 141(2) EPC from filing a copy of the search results – utilisation scheme (PDF, 40 KB)
  (OJ, EPO 2011, 64)
• Notice from the European Patent Office dated 28 July 2010 concerning amended Rule 141 EPC and new Rule 70b EPC - utilisation scheme (PDF, 61 KB)
  (OJ, EPO 2010, 410)
• Notice from the European Patent Office dated 29 June 2010 concerning communications under amended Rule 161 EPC (PDF, 57 KB)
  (OJ, EPO 2010, 406)
• Notice dated 26 October 2009 on the establishment of the date of the Examining Division's first communication for calculation of the time limit under Rule 36(1)(a) EPC as from 1.4.2010  (PDF, 47 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2009, 601)
• Notice dated 22 October 2009 concerning the refund of the examination fee (Article 11 of the Rules relating to Fees) (PDF, 49 KB)
  (OJ, EPO 2009, 542)
• Notice dated 15 October 2009 concerning amendments to the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (EPC) (PDF, 80 KB)
  (OJ, EPO 2009, 533)
• Notice dated 20 August 2009 concerning amended Rule 36(1) and (2) EPC (European divisional applications) and consequential amendments to Rules 57(a) and 135(2) EPC (PDF, 61 KB)
  (OJ, EPO 2009, 481)