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27.12.2007
Official Journal: Index 2007 is now available online
24.12.2007
The boards of appeal decisions database has been updated
21.12.2007
Availability of customer services during the holiday period
20.12.2007
Decision of the Administrative Council of 14 December 2007 adopting amendments to the Regulation on Discipline for Professional Representatives (CA/D 38/07)
19.12.2007
Decision of the Administrative Council of 14 December 2007 adjusting the amount of the reduction of the fee for the supplementary European search (CA/D 46/07)
19.12.2007
Decision of the Administrative Council of 14 December 2007 amending the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 15/07)
19.12.2007
Decision of the Administrative Council of 14 December 2007 amending the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 16/07)
19.12.2007
The Official Journal 12/2007 is now available online
18.12.2007
EPC 2000 in force: changes in EP legal status codes
18.12.2007
WebRegMT - new version launched
17.12.2007
EPC 2000 in force: changes to Register Plus
17.12.2007
Patent Information News - issue 4/2007 published
14.12.2007
Netherlands six-year patent phasing out
13.12.2007
The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
13.12.2007
Uruguay data added to the EPO bibliographic database
13.12.2007
The boards of appeal decisions database has been updated
13.12.2007
The page "Status of ratification" (EPC 2000) has been updated
13.12.2007
E-Lectures from Search Matters 2007 (10/11.9.2007; EPO, The Hague)
11.12.2007
Website changes due to EPC 2000
10.12.2007
Updated boards of appeal distribution schemes are available
7.12.2007
Guide for applicants. Part 1 (applicable as of 13 December 2007) available as a PDF document in French
7.12.2007
EPC 2000: the page "Status of ratification" has been updated
6.12.2007
EPC 2000 Online Filing forms available
4.12.2007
New EPC 2000 forms (editable PDF format) valid from 13 December are available online
3.12.2007
EPC 2000: the page "Status of ratification" has been updated
3.12.2007
Fees for international applications
3.12.2007
The boards of appeal decisions database has been updated
30.11.2007
Guide for applicants. Part 1 (applicable as of 13 December 2007) available as a PDF document in English and German
30.11.2007
Editable versions of the EPC 2000 forms valid from 13 December are now available online
29.11.2007
New number series for A, C and Y Chinese documents
28.11.2007
Croatia accedes to the European Patent Convention
26.11.2007
Norway accedes to the European Patent Convention
23.11.2007
The Official Journal 11/2007 is now available online
23.11.2007
EPC 2000: the page "Status of ratification" has been updated
23.11.2007
Decision of the Administrative Countil of 25.10.2007 dispensing with the supplementary European search or reducing the fee for the supplementary European search (CA/D 41/07)
22.11.2007
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 November 2007 concerning the wildfires in Southern California, USA, on 22 October 2007
22.11.2007
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 November 2007 concerning the extension of time limits according to Rule 85 EPC
20.11.2007
The list of the representatives of the Member States on the Administrative Council has been updated
20.11.2007
DOCDB XML release 2.0 rescheduled to week 10/2008; Revised packaging for the DOCDB exchange; Parallel run of release 2.0 against 1.5
20.11.2007
Applicant name standardisation in DOCDB
19.11.2007
Photos from the Patent Information Conference 2007 are now online
16.11.2007
Update of Newsflash from 17 October - new and improved post grant data in the PRS legal status database
12.11.2007
The boards of appeal decisions database has been updated
7.11.2007
The list of the representatives of the Member States on the Administrative Council has been updated
5.11.2007
Tag der offenen Tür im Europäischen Patentamt: Aufgrund der großen Resonanz können die Vorträge zum EPÜ 2000 in einem zusätzlichen Saal per Videoübertragung verfolgt werden
5.11.2007
Official Journal Special edition 7/2007 (EPC 2000 - Update of EPO forms of relevance to patent practitioners) and the Supplement to OJ 11/2007 ( Schedule of fees and expenses applicable as from 13.12.2007) are now available online
2.11.2007
Decision of the Administrative Council of 25 October 2007 approving amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (CA/D 35/07)
2.11.2007
Decision of the Administrative Council of 25 October 2007 approving amendments to the Additional Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (CA/D 36/07)
2.11.2007
Decision of the Administrative Council of 25 October 2007 approving amendments to the Additional Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Committee of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office and of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office (CA/D 37/07)
30.10.2007
FAQ about the revised European Patent Convention (EPC 2000) have been updated
30.10.2007
The Official Journal 10/2007 is now available online
29.10.2007
Decision of the Administrative Council of 25 October 2007 amending the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 17/07)
25.10.2007
EPC 2000 Guidelines for Examination (status December 2007) available as PDF documents in French
25.10.2007
EPC 2000 forms (version 12.07) to be used as of 13.12.2007 are available in the PDF format
23.10.2007
Delay in production of DOCDB/XML due to unexpected high volume of updates
22.10.2007
Patenting biotechnological inventions in Europe (Brussels, 8 November) - the conference programme has been updated
19.10.2007
The boards of appeal decisions database has been updated
17.10.2007
Addition of EPC post-grant data to PRS database
16.10.2007
FAQ Korea have been updated
16.10.2007
FAQ China have been updated
16.10.2007
The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
16.10.2007
Release of MIMOSA version 6
15.10.2007
Tag der offenen Tür der Elektronischen Bibliothek und der Informationsstelle des Europäischen Patentamts - Anmeldung geöffnet
12.10.2007
Conference on the patentability of biotechnology in Brussels on 8 November - registration now open
11.10.2007
EPC 2000 Guidelines for Examination (status December 2007) available as PDF documents in German
9.10.2007
European Patent Convention, 13th edition (2007) is available in the PDF format
5.10.2007
The boards of appeal decisions database has been updated
4.10.2007
Subscribe to an e-mail alert service for East meets West 2008
1.10.2007
EPC 2000 Guidelines for Examination (status December 2007) available as PDF documents in English
1.10.2007
The list of the representatives of the Member States on the Administrative Council has been updated
27.9.2007
The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
27.9.2007
DOCDB XML release 2.0
27.9.2007
Patent Information News issue 3/2007 published
24.9.2007
Fees for international applications
20.9.2007
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 September 2007 on implementation of the transitional provisions of the EPC 2000 applicable during the transition from the EPC 1973 to the EPC 2000
18.9.2007
The boards of appeal decisions database has been updated
12.9.2007
New legal status data from Finland in the PRS database
31.8.2007
Major upload of German and French abstracts for EP documents (original language abstracts) will be included in the DOC DB data of week 36/2007
30.8.2007
Gap in the publication number series of EP A documents between week 34 and 35/2007
30.8.2007
Modification of the "Update" of 28.2.2007 on the delay in the delivery of Spanish data
30.8.2007
The Official Journal 8-9/2007 is now available online
28.8.2007
The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
21.8.2007
Special edition No 6. of the Official Journal 2007 - "EPO Board of Appeal Case Law" is now available online
20.8.2007
Ancillary regulations to the EPC - HTML version now available
20.8.2007
New e-learning modules: "Growing business with IP"
20.8.2007
Statistics on European patents and patent applications 2006 are now available
9.8.2007
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 7 August 2007 concerning the extension of time limits according to Rule 85 EPC
7.8.2007
Modification of the Newsflash 12/2005 - Update on the USPTO data
3.8.2007
Special edition no. 3 of the Official Journal 2007 - "Revision of the European Patent Convention (EPC 2000). Update of decisions of the President and notices from the European Patent Office of relevance to patent practitioners" is now available online
1.8.2007
The EPO Boards of Appeal decisions database has been updated
1.8.2007
Information about the European Patent Bulletin week 2007/32
1.8.2007
To help create a European Patent Network, the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation has decided that the standard and special searches currently performed by the EPO will be provided instead by the national offices
1.8.2007
Ancillary regulations to the EPC - new edition
27.7.2007
Special edition no. 4 of the Official Journal 2007 - "Revision of the European Patent Convention (EPC 2000). Synoptic presentation EPC 1973/2000 – Part I: The Articles" is now available online
26.7.2007
The Official Journal 07/2007 is now available
23.7.2007
New fee rates in Italy
16.7.2007
The EPO Boards of Appeal decisions database has been updated
10.7.2007
Speech by Mr R. Grossenbacher, Chairman of the Administrative Council, at the ceremony of the handing over of office between A. Pompidou and A. Brimelow (Munich, 28 June 2007)
9.7.2007
New release of DOCDB XML: vs 1.5
9.7.2007
The decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal in cases G 1/05 and G 1/06 concerning divisional applications are now available.
4.7.2007
The list of the representatives of the Member States on the Administrative Council has been updated
4.7.2007
Discontinuation of standard and special searches by the European Patent Office
3.7.2007
The audited financial statements of the European Patent Organisation have been published
3.7.2007
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 27 June 2007 concerning practical aspects of the electronic exchange of priority documents between the EPO and the USPTO
2.7.2007
New content has been added to the section China - Searching databases
27.6.2007
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 25 June 2007, regarding the automatic exchange of priority documents between the European Patent Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office
27.6.2007
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 25 June 2007 on the filing of priority documents
25.6.2007
The Official Journal 06/2007 is now available
21.6.2007
The European Patent Organisation is closing all giro accounts with effect from 31 August 2007
21.6.2007
Information about corrected EP patent documents
20.6.2007
Registration is now open for the EPO Patent Information Conference 2007
20.6.2007
Patent Information News - latest edition
18.6.2007
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 18 June 2007 following up on the Notice dated 8 March 2007 concerning the issue of the direct applicability of Article 70(7) of the TRIPS Agreement in Spain to European patent applications filed prior to the expiry of the reservation entered by Spain under Article 167(2)(a) EPC
13.6.2007
Case Law - new edition
13.6.2007
Clarifications of Newsflash 31/2006: Non-official translation documents in the DOCDB database
4.6.2007
The EPO Boards of Appeal decisions database has been updated
31.5.2007
The Official Journal 05/2007 is now available
31.5.2007
The discussion reports from East meets West in Vienna 2007 are now online
30.5.2007
The useful table and statistics page section (Raw data) has been updated
24.5.2007
New series of 6 virtual classroom training sessions in June and July
23.5.2007
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 23 May 2007 concerning the Co-operation and Extension Agreement with the former State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
22.5.2007
The EPO Boards of Appeal decisions database has been updated
11.5.2007
The HTML version of the National law relating to the EPC (13th edition) has been made accessible online
3.5.2007
"East meets West in Vienna" presentations and photos online
3.5.2007
The esp@cenet and EPO Web Services forum is back online
30.4.2007
The Official Journal 04/2007 is now available
24.4.2007
Special edition no. 2 of the Official Journal 2007: "13th European Patent Judges’ Symposium" is now available as a PDF document
24.4.2007
Week 17 - the last official delivery for products IFD and DOCDB St. 30 is taking place
23.4.2007
Referral under Art. 112 (1) a) EPC by the Technical Board of Appeal T 992/03 - 3.4.01 (Methods for treatment by surgery) to the Enlarged Board of Appeal, pending under Ref. N° G 1/07
11.4.2007
New content has been added to the section "Korea - tips & tricks for searching databases"
10.4.2007
The EPO Boards of Appeal decisions database has been updated
10.4.2007
East Asian patent information virtual helpdesk (Japan) updated
5.4.2007
EPO web services fora have been taken offline until further notice
5.4.2007
Draft EPC 2000 Guidelines for Examination (status March 2000) available as PDF documents in English only
4.4.2007
New XML statistics available on the raw data internet download area
2.4.2007
EPO Applicant Panel Survey 2006 Report
29.3.2007
The Official Journal 03/2007 is now available
29.3.2007
The EPO Boards of Appeal decisions database has been updated
23.3.2007
The EPO Boards of Appeal decisions database has been updated
21.3.2007
The latest issue (1/07) of Patent Information News has been published
20.3.2007
Frequently Asked Questions about Korea have been updated
15.3.2007
East meets West 2007
8.3.2007
The EPO Boards of Appeal decisions database has been updated
7.3.2007
The EPO boards of appeal decisions database has been updated
5.3.2007
Enhancements to EPO Online Services (epoline)
28.2.2007
Delay in the delivery of Spanish data
28.2.2007
Missing WO Publications
28.2.2007
The Official Journal EPO 02/2007 is now available
21.2.2007
The EPO boards of appeal decisions database has been updated
13.2.2007
The patent information training calendar has been published
7.2.2007
FAQ Japan has been updated
2.2.2007
New Release of DOCDB XML
31.1.2007
INPADOC: FAQ section and the classification table updated
30.1.2007
The Official Journal EPO 01/2007 is now available
23.1.2007
Release of the first e-learning module on the EPC 2000
19.1.2007
The EPO Boards of Appeal decisions database has been updated
17.1.2007
Special edition no. 1 of the Official Journal 2007 - "Revision of the European Patent Convention (EPC 2000) New texts relevant for patent practitioners" is now available
16.1.2007
Information on the EPO's Forum on patent information from Japan and East Asia (Vienna, 26-27.4.2007) is now available
12.1.2007
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 9 January 2007 on the filing of priority documents
11.1.2007
Official Journal supplement "Presidium and Business distribution" is now available
4.1.2007
Accession to the PCT by Malta
4.1.2007
Malta accedes to the European Patent Convention
4.1.2007
Notice dated 9 October 2006 concerning updated EPO Form 1004.1
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