2012
- 24.5.2012
- "Intellectual property course design manual" is available for download now
- 24.5.2012
- Second web-based consultation - sequence listings - proposed ST.26 standard
- 21.5.2012
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new petitions for review (R 4/12, R 5/12, R 6/12)
- 21.5.2012
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decision on petition for review (R 17/11)
- 16.5.2012
- Registrations for Examination Matters 2012 are open
- 16.5.2012
- Temporary unavailability of EPO Online Services portal and Online Filing on 19 May
- 11.5.2012
- Asian patent information: Search guides for Taiwanese sources updated
- 11.5.2012
- Temporary unavailability of web services on 13 May
- 4.5.2012
- Decision concerning notification of representation changes by professional representatives
- 4.5.2012
- The Official Journal 4/2012 is now available online
- 2.5.2012
- Register now for the Online filing technical user day in the Hague on 21 June - only a few places left
- 2.5.2012
- Temporary unavailability of web services on 6 May
- 27.4.2012
- Register Alert - notification disruption update
- 27.4.2012
- Updated information concerning interviews and oral proceedings to be held as a video-conference
- 27.4.2012
- Decision concerning the filing of documents by e-mail during interviews and oral proceedings held as a video-conference
- 27.4.2012
- DE Germany - Payment of fees
- 27.4.2012
- Important information for users of BiSSAP
- 26.4.2012
- East meets West 2012: presentations from the conference are now online
- 26.4.2012
- Register Alert - notification disruption
- 25.4.2012
- Temporary unavailability of Open Patent Services (OPS)
- 24.4.2012
- European patents and patent applications - 2011 statistics now available online
- 23.4.2012
- Patch for Form Euro-PCT(1200E2K) after the 1 April 2012 fee schedule
- 19.4.2012
- EPO President Benoît Battistelli's opening speech at the International Patent Forum 2012
- 19.4.2012
- Additional US citations in EPO databases
- 18.4.2012
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 18.4.2012
- FAQs on patent information from Saudi Arabia now available
- 18.4.2012
- New video: Interview with Ann Lambrechts, European Inventor Award winner 2011
- 17.4.2012
- European Patent Register release notes April 2012
- 17.4.2012
- The list of the representatives of the Member States on the Administrative Council has been updated
- 16.4.2012
- Temporary unavailability of Espacenet, European Patent Register, Register Alert, OPS
- 13.4.2012
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new petition for review (R 3/12)
- 12.4.2012
- Temporary unavailability of European Patent Register
- 11.4.2012
- New services for Korean subject-matter searches and patent monitoring launched
- 5.4.2012
- Temporary unavailability of EPO online services
- 1.4.2012
- Supplement to OJ 3/2012 - Schedule of fees and expenses applicable as from 1 April 2012 is now available
- 1.4.2012
- The Official Journal 3/2012 is now available online
- 30.3.2012
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 28.3.2012
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decisions on petition for review (R 12/10 and R 8/11)
- 28.3.2012
- Asian patent information: Search guides for Chinese sources updated
- 27.3.2012
- Global Patent Index: new update now available on Friday at 12.00 hrs
- 23.3.2012
- Temporary unavailability of Open Patent Services (OPS) on 26 March
- 23.3.2012
- Draft version of the revised Guidelines for Examination 2012 now available online
- 21.3.2012
- New PatXML maintenance release 1.3.5.5
- 16.3.2012
- Patent Information News issue 1/2012 is available online
- 16.3.2012
- Temporary unavailability of some web services on 18 March
- 14.3.2012
- "Handbook of quality procedures before the EPO" is available for download
- 12.3.2012
- Announcement of the European qualifying examination 2013 - Pre-examination and main examination
- 7.3.2012
- The training overview 2012 of the European Patent Academy is available online
- 5.3.2012
- Film explains new Patent Translate service
- 2.3.2012
- Decision of the President dated 2 February 2012 revising the basic fee for the European qualifying examination
- 2.3.2012
- NL Netherlands - Change of name
- 1.3.2012
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decision on petition for review (R 12/11)
- 1.3.2012
- The Official Journal 2/2012 is now available online
- 29.2.2012
- Temporary unavailability of Open Patent Services (OPS)
- 29.2.2012
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 27.2.2012
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decision on petition for review (R 6/11)
- 17.2.2012
- Temporary unavailability of Open Patent Services (OPS) and Espacenet on 20 February
- 16.2.2012
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new pending referral (G 1/12)
- 14.2.2012
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new petition for review (R 18/11 - R 2/12)
- 14.2.2012
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 13.2.2012
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 13.2.2012
- "EPO Raw Data Day" on 28 March 2012 in Vienna
- 7.2.2012
- Registration for East meets West 2012 - Forum on Asian patent information - now open
- 6.2.2012
- Temporary unavailability of EPO Online Services portal on 11 February
- 1.2.2012
- The Official Journal 1/2012 is now available online
- 31.1.2012
- Notice concerning amended Rule 71 and new Rule 71a EPC
- 30.1.2012
- HU Hungary - New fee rates
- 30.1.2012
- LT Lithuania - New fee rates
- 30.1.2012
- TR Turkey - New fee rates
- 31.1.2012
- Changes of URL for OPS versions 2.6.1 and 2.6.2 as of 29 February 2012
- 27.1.2012
- Notice from the EPO concerning updated Form 1001 (request for grant)
- 27.1.2012
- Temporary unavailability of web services on 28/29 January
- 26.1.2012
- Enlarged Board of Appeal: new decisions on petition for review (R 2/11 and R 10/11)
- 26.1.2012
- Case Law from the Contracting States to the EPC 2004-2011 is now available online
- 26.1.2012
- EPO adds Japanese legal status data to its databases
- 25.1.2012
- Asian patent information: Search guides for Japanese databases updated
- 25.1.2012
- Catalogue of Differing Practices (CDP) published
- 24.1.2012
- The list of the representatives of the Member States on the Administrative Council has been updated
- 24.1.2012
- The Administrative Council's calendar has been updated
- 24.1.2012
- Temporary unavailability of EPO Online Services portal, Online Filing, Espacenet, European Patent Register and Open Patent Services on 28 and 29 January
- 20.1.2012
- Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the Trilateral Offices based on PCT work products
- 20.1.2012
- Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the EPO and the JPO based on national work products
- 20.1.2012
- Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the EPO and the USPTO based on national work products
- 19.1.2012
- Supplement to OJ 1/2012 - Information from the Boards of Appeal is now available
- 19.1.2012
- Communication concerning the electronic authentication of decisions of the boards of appeal of the EPO
- 16.1.2012
- Online Filing software – new update 5.04 now available
- 16.1.2012
- Notice concerning the situation in Thailand after the flooding at the end of 2011
- 16.1.2012
- Asian patent information: search guides for Korean sources updated
- 12.1.2012
- Register now for the EPO Online Services User Day
- 4.1.2012
- Asian patent information: Search guides for Taiwanese sources updated
- 2.1.2012
- The Official Journal 12/2011 is now available online