4.2. Amended Rule 142(2) EPC

By decision dated 27 March 2020, the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation amended the R. 142(2) EPC provision on resuming interrupted proceedings (OJ 2020, A36). The newly inserted second sentence permits the EPO to set a date on which it intends to resume proceedings of its own motion if, three years after publication of the date of their interruption in the European Patent Bulletin, it still has not been informed who is authorised to continue them. Amended R. 142(2) EPC entered into force on 1 July 2020. For further details see the notice from the EPO dated 29 May 2020 concerning implementation of amended Rule 142(2) EPC (OJ 2020, A76).