Information from the European Patent Office
Notices available in the last twelve months.
2012
27.4.2012
DE Germany - Payment of fees
23.3.2012
Annual report 2011 (PDF, 34 KB)
OJ EPO 2012, 211
12.3.2012
Announcement of the European qualifying examination 2013 - Pre-examination and main examination (PDF, 82 KB)
OJ EPO 2012, 226
2.3.2012
NL Netherlands - Change of name (PDF, 35 KB)
OJ EPO 2012, 254
31.1.2011
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 13 December 2011 concerning amended Rule 71 and new Rule 71a EPC (PDF, 52 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 53)
30.1.2012
HU Hungary - New fee rates (PDF, 116 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 32)
30.1.2012
LT Lithuania - New fee rates (PDF, 118 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 32)
30.1.2012
TR Turkey - New fee rates (PDF, 119 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 32)
27.1.2012
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 December 2011 concerning updated Form 1001 (request for grant) (PDF, 30 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 59)
20.1.2012
Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the Trilateral Offices based on PCT work products (PDF, 722 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 89)
20.1.2012
Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the Japan Patent Office based on national work products (PDF, 617 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 75)
20.1.2012
Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office based on national work products (PDF, 610 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 60)
19.1.2012
Communication from the Vice-President of Directorate-General 3 of the European Patent Office dated 15 December 2011 concerning the electronic authentication of decisions of the boards of appeal of the EPO (PDF, 27 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 14)
16.1.2012
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 13 January 2012 concerning the situation in Thailand after the flooding at the end of 2011 (PDF, 35 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 58)
2011
21.12.2011
BE Belgium - New telephone and fax numbers (PDF, 26 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 44)
21.12.2011
FI Finland - Translation requirements after grant (PDF, 33 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 45)
21.12.2011
RS Serbia - New fee rates (PDF, 30 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 47)
20.12.2011
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia accedes to the London Agreement (PDF, 34 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 2)
20.12.2011
Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot programmes (PDF, 30 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 32)
15.12.2011
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 13 December 2011 concerning EPO online services (PDF, 43 KB)
(OJ EPO 2012, 22)
29.11.2011
Fees for international applications: new equivalent amounts (PDF, 37 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 662)
29.11.2011
PT Portugal: New fee rates (PDF, 32 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 654)
29.11.2011
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia accedes to the London Agreement (PDF, 33 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 614)
7.10.2011
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 31 August 2011 concerning the issuance of a second written opinion in the procedure under Chapter II PCT (PDF, 48 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 532)
5.10.2011
Finland accedes to the London Agreement (PDF, 39 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 472)
5.10.2011
Fees for international applications: new equivalent amounts (PDF, 36 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 539)
3.8.2011
Fees for international applications (PDF, 29 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 469)
1.8.2011
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 10 May 2011 concerning the filing of third party observations under Article 115 EPC by means of an online form (PDF, 40 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 420)
28.6.2011
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 30 May 2011 concerning amendment of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office (PDF, 35 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 423)
28.6.2011
New print functionality for EPO legal texts (PDF, 31 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 426)
30.5.2011
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 28 April 2011 concerning the filing of sequence listings (PDF, 72 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 376)
24.5.2011
MK Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - New fee rates (PDF, 27 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 408)
24.5.2011
HR Croatia - Payment of fees (PDF, 26 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 407)
24.5.2011
FR France - Payment of fees (PDF, 24 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 406)
24.5.2011
FI Finland - Payment of fees (PDF, 24 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 405)
23.5.2011
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina - New fee rates (PDF, 30 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 396)
1.5.2011
Notice from the European Patent Office 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)
29.4.2011
Warning: Beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents (PDF, 37 KB)
(OJ EPO 2011, 356)