2011
- 22.12.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decision on petition for review (R 3/11)
- 21.12.2011
- BE Belgium - New telephone and fax numbers
- 21.12.2011
- FI Finland - Translation requirements after grant
- 21.12.2011
- RS Serbia - New fee rates
- 21.12.2011
- Decision of the President of the EPO delegating his powers to decide on requests for exemption from requirements for entry on the list of professional representatives
- 20.12.2011
- Availability of User Support and Customer Service during the holiday period
- 20.12.2011
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia accedes to the London Agreement
- 20.12.2011
- Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot programmes
- 19.12.2011
- Supplement to OJ 12/2011 - Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives is available online
- 16.12.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 16.12.2011
- Patent Information News issue 4/2011 is available online
- 15.12.2011
- Decision concerning notification by technical means of communication in selected EPO proceedings
- 15.12.2011
- Notice concerning EPO online services
- 13.12.2011
- Final production release of OPS version 2.6.2
- 13.12.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decision on petition for review (R 7/11)
- 9.12.2011
- Preliminary programme for our forum on Asian patent information - East meets West 2012 - is now available
- 6.12.2011
- The Official Journal 11/2011 is now available online
- 2.12.2011
- Euro-PCT Guide (Guide for applicants, Part 2 (Euro-PCT)) is available as HTML
- 2.12.2011
- "National law relating to the EPC" is available as HTML
- 2.12.2011
- Decision revising the Office’s fees and expenses
- 29.11.2011
- Decision amending the Rules relating to Fees and adjusting the amount of the reduction in the fee for the supplementary European search where the international or supplementary international search report was drawn up by one of the European International Searching Authorities (CA/D 6/11)
- 29.11.2011
- Fees for international applications: new equivalent amounts as of 01.01.2012
- 29.11.2011
- PT Portugal: New fee rates
- 29.11.2011
- Temporary unavailability of Espacenet, OPS, European Patent Register, Register Alert
- 29.11.2011
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia accedes to the theLondon Agreement
- 25.11.2011
- New building for The Hague
- 24.11.2011
- Subscriptions to the Official Journal 2012 can now be purchased online
- 22.11.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decisions on petition for review (R 11/11 and R 3/10)
- 18.11.2011
- Temporary unavailability of Espacenet, European Patent Register, Register Alert
- 10.11.2011
- Notice reminding applicants of the exemptions under Rule 141(2) EPC from filing a copy of the search results under Rule 141(1) EPC - utilisation scheme
- 10.11.2011
- Special edition of the Official Journal - "Case Law from the Contracting States to the EPC"
- 9.11.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 7.11.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 7.11.2011
- Temporary unavailability of Open Patent Services (OPS)
- 2.11.2011
- The Official Journal 10/2011 is now available online
- 31.10.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 21.10.2011
- International Year of Chemistry 2011: In the wake of sharks
- 18.10.2011
- Maintenance releases of Open Patent Services (OPS) and Espacenet
- 17.10.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 11.10.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new petition for review (R 15/11)
- 11.10.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decision on petition for review (R 23/10)
- 10.10.2011
- Maintenance release of Open Patent Services (OPS)
- 7.10.2011
- Notice from the EPO dated 31 August 2011 concerning the issuance of a second written opinion in the procedure under Chapter II PCT
- 6.10.2011
- Temporary unavailability of Espacenet, European Patent Register, Register Alert
- 5.10.2011
- Fees for international applications: new equivalent amounts
- 5.10.2011
- Notice from the President dated 6 September 2011 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2012
- 5.10.2011
- Finland accedes to the London Agreement
- 29.9.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 23.9.2011
- A new version of the Euro-PCT Guide (Guide for applicants, Part 2 (Euro-PCT)) is now available as a PDF file
- 16.9.2011
- Only one week left to register for the Patent Information Conference 2011 in Kilkenney, Ireland on 18-21 October
- 15.9.2011
- Register now for the EPO Online Services User Day in Madrid
- 15.9.2011
- Patent Information News issue 3/2011 is available online
- 13.9.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 9.9.2011
- The public hearing in the opposition case regarding the patent for a capsule extraction device granted to Nestec/Nespresso has been postponed. The new date has not been confirmed yet.
- 7.9.2011
- The list of the representatives of the Member States on the Administrative Council has been updated
- 1.9.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: decision in case G 2/10 (Disclaimer) is available
- 1.9.2011
- Patent information seminar programme - online and classroom training
- 1.9.2011
- The Official Journal 8-9/2011 is now available online
- 31.8.2011
- Asian patent information: Search guides for Chinese sources updated
- 31.8.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decisions on petitions for review (R 5/11, R 20/10)
- 31.8.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new petition for review (R 14/11)
- 31.8.2011
- Legal Status data update: The introduction of Argentinean (AR) data in the INPADOC world wide legal status PRS database
- 26.8.2011
- Environmental statement 2010 is now available
- 25.8.2011
- Asian patent information: Search guides for Taiwanese sources updated
- 17.8.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 11.8.2011
- German procedural status codes
- 11.8.2011
- Maintenance release of Open Patent Services (OPS)
- 11.8.2011
- New edition of the EPO's "National law relating to the EPC" brochure is available as PDF
- 9.8.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 3.8.2011
- Fees for international applications
- 2.8.2011
- Availability of German data in EPO database services - good news
- 1.8.2011
- Decision of the President concerning the filing of third party observations under Article 115 EPC by means of an online form
- 1.8.2011
- Notice concerning the filing of third party observations under Article 115 EPC by means of an online form
- 1.8.2011
- The Official Journal 7/2011 is now available online
- 29.7.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new petitions for review (R 9/11 - R 13/11)
- 28.7.2011
- Oral proceedings to be held in case G 2/10
- 20.7.2011
- New film about the European Inventor Award 2012: "The run-up to Copenhagen"
- 14.7.2011
- Availability of German data in EPO database services - an update
- 7.7.2011
- OJ special edition 2/2011: EPO Board of Appeal Case Law is now available
- 7.7.2011
- Availability of German data in EPO database services
- 4.7.2011
- Register now for the EPO Online Services User Day
- 4.7.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decision on petition for review (R 1/11)
- 1.7.2011
- The list of the representatives of the Member States on the Administrative Council has been updated
- 1.7.2011
- The Official Journal 6/2011 is now available online
- 1.7.2011
- New BiSSAP Version 1.1 software now available for download
- 28.6.2011
- New advanced search function for board of appeal decisions
- 28.6.2011
- Notice concerning amendment of the Guidelines for Examination
- 28.6.2011
- New print functionality for EPO legal texts
- 22.6.2011
- DOCDB: Re-key of Japanese documents with kind code T
- 22.6.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decision on petition for review (R 17/10)
- 17.6.2011
- Patent Information News issue 2/2011 is available online
- 17.6.2011
- Temporary unavailability of OPS SOAP
- 16.6.2011
- Availability of German data in EPO database services
- 14.6.2011
- Registration opened for the Patent Information Conference 2011
- 6.6.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 1.6.2011
- The EPO offices in Munich, The Hague and Berlin will be closed for a holiday on 2/3 June
- 31.5.2011
- The Official Journal 5/2011 is now available online
- 30.5.2011
- PATLIB2011: Presentations from the conference are now available online
- 30.5.2011
- Notice from the EPO dated 28 April 2011 concerning the filing of sequence listings
- 30.5.2011
- Decision of the President of the EPO dated 28 April 2011 on the filing of sequence listings
- 30.5.2011
- New EPO Online Filing software V5 SP3 now available for download
- 26.5.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decision on petition for review (R 13/10)
- 26.5.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new petition for review (R 8/11)
- 26.5.2011
- Availability of User Support during the holiday period
- 24.5.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 24.5.2011
- MK Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - New fee rates
- 24.5.2011
- New print functionality for EPO legal texts
- 24.5.2011
- HR Croatia - Payment of fees
- 24.5.2011
- FR France - Payment of fees
- 24.5.2011
- FI Finland - Payment of fees
- 23.5.2011
- Video hightlights from the European Inventor Award ceremony 2011 are now online
- 23.5.2011
- BA Bosnia and Herzegovina - New fee rates
- 23.5.2011
- Case Law of the Boards of Appeal (sixth edition 2010) available in HTML
- 23.5.2011
- Maintenance of Open Patent Services RESTful
- 20.5.2011
- Video interviews with the winners of the European Inventor Award 2011 are now online
- 19.5.2011
- Videos from the European Inventor Award 2011 are now online
- 19.5.2011
- Video portraits of the nominees from the European Inventor Award are now available online
- 18.5.2011
- Asian patent information: search guides for SIPO's sources updated
- 11.5.2011
- Temporary unavailability of web services
- 2.5.2011
- The list of the representatives of the Member States on the Administrative Council has been updated
- 2.5.2011
- OJ special edition 1/2011 (15th European Patent Judges' Symposium) is available online
- 2.5.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decision on petition for review (R 22/10)
- 2.5.2011
- Amended Rules 161 and 162 EPC entered into force on 1 May 2011
- 2.5.2011
- The Official Journal 4/2011 is now available online
- 2.5.2011
- Notice 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
- 28.4.2011
- Warning: Beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents
- 26.4.2011
- Asian patent information: New search guide "CNIPR - Searching Chinese designs"
- 20.4.2011
- Asian patent information: search guides for TIPO's sources updated
- 20.4.2011
- East meets West 2011: Presentations from the forum are now available online
- 15.4.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new petition for review (R 7/11)
- 15.4.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decisions on petition for review (R 19/10, 21/10 and 18/10)
- 12.4.2011
- New search function for board of appeal decisions
- 12.4.2011
- New edition of PATSTAT - EPO Worldwide Patent Statistical Database - is available for order
- 11.4.2011
- Asian patent information: search guides for Korean sources updated
- 6.4.2011
- Seats available in upcoming patent information training events
- 6.4.2011
- The report on the annual EPO future filings survey among applicants has been published
- 6.4.2011
- Update for procedural changes effective 1 June 2011 - information for Online Filing users
- 4.4.2011
- Travaux Préparatoires EPC 1973 now available online
- 4.4.2011
- Asian patent information: search guides for Chinese sources updated
- 4.4.2011
- Register now for the EPO Online Services User Day
- 1.4.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 1.4.2011
- Supplement to OJ 3/2011 - Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives is available
- 1.4.2011
- The Official Journal 3/2011 is now available online
- 1.4.2011
- Decision revising the basic fee for the European qualifying examination
- 31.3.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 31.3.2011
- New on 31 March 2011: BiSSAP Version 1.0 – new service to facilitate the filing of biological sequences
- 28.3.2011
- Notice concerning informal clarification by the European Patent Office acting as International Searching Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
- 28.3.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new petition for review (R 6/11)
- 28.3.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decision on petition for review (R 01/10)
- 25.3.2011
- Temporary unavailability of Espacenet, European Patent Register, Register Alert
- 18.3.2011
- Patent Information News issue 1/2011 is available online
- 18.3.2011
- EQE: Mock pre-examination 2011 available
- 18.3.2011
- Full REST-based service of OPS version 2.6.2 available
- 16.3.2011
- The list of the representatives of the Member States on the Administrative Council has been updated
- 15.3.2011
- Notice concerning the situation in Japan after the earthquake on 11 March 2011
- 14.3.2011
- Republic of Serbia (RS): new country data
- 14.3.2011
- New legal status data: US fee payments
- 14.3.2011
- Registration deadline for East meets West 2011 extended until 21 March 2011
- 9.3.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decision on petition for review (R 14/10)
- 9.3.2011
- HU Hungary - Change of name
- 9.3.2011
- ES Spain - New fee rates
- 7.3.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decision on petition for review (R 8/10)
- 7.3.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new petitions for review (R 5/11, R 4/11, R 3/11, R 2/11, R 1/11)
- 7.3.2011
- Last chance to register for East meets West 2011
- 2.3.2011
- Next issue of the EPO Online Services Newsletter coming up
- 1.3.2011
- The Official Journal 2/2011 is now available online
- 1.3.2011
- Form 1032 now available
- 28.2.2011
- Upgrade of the site search on 28 February
- 23.2.2011
- Temporary unavailability of online services on 23 February
- 22.2.2011
- More than 2.9 million Japanese citations added to database
- 18.2.2011
- Patent information virtual classroom seminar programme 2011
- 16.2.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 11.2.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 9.2.2011
- Temporary unavailability of some online services
- 3.2.2011
- LU Luxembourg - New fee rates
- 1.2.2011
- The Official Journal 1/2011 is now available online
- 1.2.2011
- New study published: Patent Litigation in Europe
- 1.2.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decisions on petition for review (R 16/10 and R 10/10)
- 31.1.2011
- Official Journal special edition – "15th European Patent Judges' Symposium"
- 31.1.2011
- The introduction of Slovakian (SK) legal status in the EPO worldwide legal status database
- 31.1.2011
- US Assignments
- 31.1.2011
- The list of the representatives of the Member States on the Administrative Council has been updated
- 28.1.2011
- NO Norway
- 28.1.2011
- Decision concerning the information given in the European Patent Register
- 28.1.2011
- LT Lithuania - Payment of fees
- 27.1.2011
- The European Patent Convention (14th edition) is available in HTML format
- 24.1.2011
- Asian patent information: search guides for Chinese and Korean sources updated
- 24.1.2011
- Temporary unavailability of Register Plus
- 24.1.2011
- Temporary unavailability of Open patent services on 24 January
- 21.1.2011
- Patent information seminar programme 2011
- 21.1.2011
- Registration for East meets West 2011 is now open
- 19.1.2011
- New EPO Online Filing software V5 SP2 now available for download
- 19.1.2011
- Supplement to OJ 1/2011 - Information from the Boards of Appeal is now available
- 18.1.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 12.1.2011
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 12.1.2011
- New patent information products and services price list available
- 11.1.2011
- JP citations in DOCDB
- 10.1.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decision on petition for review (R 15/10)
- 7.1.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new petitions for review (R22/10 and R23/10)
- 4.1.2011
- New prices for manual translations of Chinese, Japanese and Korean patent and utility model documents
- 3.1.2011
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new petition for review (R 21/10)
