Ancillary Regulations - Table of Contents F OREWORD

FOREWORD

This is the 2007 edition of the "Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention", a collection of the most important texts relating to the European patent grant procedure in general, as compiled by the EPO's Directorate-General 3. It comprises in particular:

•	decisions by the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation

•	decisions by the President of the EPO

•	rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal and of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO

•	information from the European Patent Office

•	agreements between the EPO and national offices or WIPO

•	notices about important forms

•	legal advice from the EPO

•	regulations governing professional representation before the EPO and the European qualifying examination.

The collection contains texts published in the EPO's Official Journal between 1978 and issue 12 of 2006.

The individual regulations are arranged by the articles or rules to which they relate. A keyword index is provided to enable the reader to search for particular terms. An additional overview of all regulations arranged by publication date in the Official Journal of the EPO has been included, to assist location of the regulations. Some texts which are no more relevant have been omitted.

The collection is a handy, up-to-date work of reference for the most important key legal texts used in the implementation of the European Patent Convention.

Peter Messerli
EPO Vice-President,
Directorate-General 3 (Appeals)

Compiled and Edited by: Legal Research Service for the DG3

Data transfer and formating: Eva Schumacher