1. Abbreviations

Art. 

Article  

BlfPMZ 

Blatt für Patent-, Muster- und Zeichenwesen (German periodical) 

Budapest Treaty 

Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms 

CAFC 

US Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit 

cf. 

compare 

Corr. 

Corrigendum 

DBA 

Disciplinary Board of Appeal 

DG 

Directorate General of the European Patent Office 

DPMA 

German Patent Office 

EC  

European Community 

ed. 

edition 

e.g. 

for example 

EPC 

European Patent Convention 

epi 

European Patent Institute (Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office) 

EPO 

European Patent Office 

EQE 

European Qualifying Examination 

et seq. 

and the following 

GRUR 

Zeitschrift für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (German periodical) 

Guidelines 

Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office 

i.e. 

that is 

IPEA 

International Preliminary Examining Authority 

IPER 

International Preliminary Examination Report 

IPREE 

Implementing provisions to the Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives

IRB 

International Patent Institute 

IRPI 

French Institute for Research into Intellectual Property 

ISA 

International Searching Authority 

ISPE Guidelines 

International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines 

no. 

number 

OJ 

Official Journal of the European Patent Office 

OJ SE 

Special Edition of the Official Journal of the European Patent Office 

Paris Convention 

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 

PCT 

Patent Cooperation Treaty 

R. 

Rule  

RDR 

Regulation on Discipline for Professional Representatives 

REE 

Regulation on the European Qualifying Examination for Professional Representatives 

rev. 

revised 

RPBA 

Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal 

RPEBA 

RFees 

Rules of Procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal 

Rules relating to Fees 

SISA 

Supplementary International Searching Authority 

TRIPS 

Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights 

UPOV 

International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants 

USPTO 

United States Patent and Trademark Office 

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization