- ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
Article Page(s) View Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council Report on the 10th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (9 to 11 December 1980) 1-2 PDF Report on the 11th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (2 to 4 June 1981) 197-199 PDF Decisions of the Administrative Council Decision of the Administrative Council of 11 December 1980 on determining the fee for printing a new specification of the European patent provided for in the Rules relating to Fees 2 PDF Decision of the Administrative Council of 11 December 1980 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention 3-5 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 11 December 1980 reducing the search fee for the supplementary search report in the case of an international search report drawn up by the Australian Patent Office 5 PDF Decision of the Administrative Council of 4 June 1981 on the inclusion of a new Rule 85b in the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention 199-200 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 4 June 1981 amending the Rules relating to Fees 200-201 PDF Decision of the Administrative Council of 4 June 1981 revising the amounts of the fees provided for in Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees and amending the said Rules 201-204 PDF Corrigendum dated 12 June 1981 to the Decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 11 December 1980 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention 205 PDF HTML - ANNUAL REPORT – STATISTICS
Article Page(s) View Annual Report - Statistics 1980 249-340 PDF - BOARDS OF APPEAL
Article Page(s) View Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 3 February 1981 – J 19/80 65-68 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 26 February 1981 – J 21/80 101-102 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 11 March 1981 – J 07/80 137-140 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 25 March 1981 – J 11/80 141-143 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 26 March 1981 – J 12/80 143-147 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 11 June 1981 – J 15/80 213-220 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 7 July 1981 – J 05/80 343-349 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 9 September 1981 – J 04/81 543-546 PDF Corrigendum to the published text of Decision J 15/80 (Official Journal 7/1981, page 215) 546 PDF Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 of 6 April 1981 – T 1/80 206-213 PDF Corrigendum to the published text of Decision T 01/80 (Official Journal 7/1981, page 206) 349 PDF Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.1.1 dated 5 June 1981 – T 02/80 431-434 PDF Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 13 May 1981 – T 06/80 434-439 PDF Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 4 May 1981 – T 01/81 439-447 PDF Decisions of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal Disciplinary Board of Appeal Decision of 4 May 1981 D 01/80 220 PDF - INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Article Page(s) View Legal Advice No. 8/80 Withdrawal of a European patent application 6-7 PDF HTML Legal Advice No. 9/81 Different claims for Contracting States in which prior national rights exist 68-73 PDF Legal Advice No. 10/81 Consolidation of a European patent application with a Euro-PCT application; Refund of the examination fee for one of the consolidated applications 349-355 PDF Official Journal Index, Year 4/1981 Insert PDF Decisions of the President of the EPO Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 2 October 1981 concerning the valid version of the prescribed form for the request for grant 501 PDF Notices of the President of the EPO Announcement by the President of the EPO concerning the tasks entrusted to the British Patent Office under Section IV (1) of the Protocol on Centralisation 8-10 PDF Announcement by the President of the EPO dated 2 February 1981 concerning microorganism depository institutions recognised for the purpose of Rule 28 EPC 29-33 PDF Announcement by the President of the EPO dated 16 January 1981 concerning the extension of time limits according to Rule 85, paragraphs 2 and 3 EPC 34 PDF Notice of the President of the EPO dated 10 March 1981, concerning the mention, on the cover page of the patent specification, of the existence in the file of technical information introduced after the application is filed 74-82 PDF HTML Notice of the President of the EPO dated 20 February 1981 concerning days (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) between 29 May and 31 December 1981 on which the EPO is not open or has only limited opening hours for the receipt of documents 103 PDF Notice of the President of the EPO dated 14 May 1981 concerning micro-organism depositary institutions recognised for the purpose of Rule 28 EPC 173-174 PDF Notice of the President of the EPO dated 28 July 1981 concerning amendment of the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO 356 PDF Amendment to the Guidelines for examination in the EPO Summary of the main points 356-357 PDF Notice of the President of the EPO dated 28 July 1981 concerning the procedure for informing the EPO that the "expert" option (Rule 28, paragraph 4, EPC) has been chosen, and the publication of that fact 358 PDF HTML Recognition of microbiological experts for the purpose of Rule 28 EPC 359-378 PDF HTML Notice of the President of the EPO dated 5 August 1981 concerning micro-organism depositary institutions recognised for the purpose of Rule 28 EPC 379 PDF Notice of the President of the EPO dated 28 July 1981 concerning publication of the European Search Report 380 PDF Notice of the President of the EPO dated 21 October 1981 concerning dates (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) on which the EPO is not open for the receipt of documents during the first four months of 1982 515 PDF Notices from the EPO Corrigendum – OJ EPO 1981, 9 36 PDF Organigram – Directorate General 2 37-39 PDF Deposit of micro-organisms with the Institut Pasteur 104 PDF Announcement concerning the composition of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office in the 1981 working year 174-175 PDF Guidance for appellants and their representatives 176-181 PDF International exhibitions as referred to in Article 55 EPC 221 PDF Organigram of Directorate General 2 Examination / Opposition 222-227 PDF Administrative Agreement dated 29 June 1981 between the German Patent Office and the European Patent Office concerning procedure on receipt of documents and payments 381-382 PDF Binders for the Patent Bulletin and the Official Journal 383 PDF The new amounts of fees from 1 November 1981 447 PDF Information concerning the revised form for the request for grant 502-514 PDF Standing Advisory Committee before the EPO (SACEPO) 515-517 PDF European patent applications Statistics 517-519 PDF Additional holidays in the Contracting States in 1981 529 PDF Publications Publications of the European Patent Office: as at January 1981 104-107 PDF European Patent Office publications 2nd edition published of the "European Patent Convention 228 PDF Annual Report of the European Patent Office for 1980 additional copies for subscribers 383 PDF Revised form for the request for grant 447 PDF Publications of the European Patent Office: National law relating to the EPC Synopsis of the regulations and requirements in the Contracting States concerning European patent applications and patents 448 PDF - REPRESENTATION
Article Page(s) View The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents Revised examination regulations 15 PDF New "Authorisation" and "General Authorisation" forms (EPA/EPO/OEB Forms 1003 07/81 and 1004.1 07/81 respectively) 448 PDF Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination 147-149 PDF Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination 383-385 PDF Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination 520 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO List of professional representatives before the EPO 10-13 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 40-43 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 82-86 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 107-108 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 149-153 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 184-185 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 229-231 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 386-390 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 449-453 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 521-527 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 547-549 PDF Disciplinary matters Appointment of officers of the disciplinary bodies 14-15 PDF epi Third Council of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office 181-184 PDF - INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
Article Page(s) View Summary of the days in 1981 on which time limits are extended for transactions before the national central industrial property offices in accordance with Rule 85, paragraph 3 in conjunction with Rule 85 paragraph 1, EPC 15-17 PDF Translation of the specification of the European patent under Article 65 EPC 109-122 PDF Payment of fees to the patent authorities of the Contracting States 454-469 PDF BE Belgium New Royal Decree 153-154 PDF CH Switzerland Claiming the priority of a Swiss first filing for a subsequent European patent application designating Switzerland ("domestic priority/self-designation") 527-529 PDF DE Germany Entry into force of the Community Patent Law 44-48 PDF FR France Filing of translations and requests for conversion with regional offices 87 PDF New Order on Fees 550-551 PDF IT Italy New renewal fees 86 PDF LU Luxembourg New renewal fees 87 PDF SE Sweden New renewal fees in Sweden 44 PDF Amendment of the printing fee 88 PDF - FEES
Article Page(s) View Notices of the President of the EPO Notice from the President of the EPO dated 23 December 1980 amending the arrangements for deposit accounts opened in the records of the EPO 34-36 PDF Rules relating to Fees - Decisions Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 7 July 1981 laying down the equivalents in the currencies of the Contracting States of the revised amounts of the fees provided for in Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees 233-246 PDF Decision of the President of the European Patent Office of 15 July 1981 revising the amounts of the fees, costs and prices pursuant to Article 3 of the Rules relating to Fees and laying down their equivalents pursuant to Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Rules relating to Fees 403-427 PDF Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 7 October 1981 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in the currencies of some Contracting States 471-493 PDF Guidance for the payment of fees Notice concerning provisions governing fees and announcements on the payment of fees, costs and prices 20-28 PDF Notice concerning provisions governing fees and announcements on the payment of fees, costs and prices 54-61 PDF Guidance concerning provisions governing fees and announcements on the payment of fees, costs and prices 92-100 PDF Guidance concerning provisions governing fees and announcements on the payment of fees, costs and prices 123-130 PDF Guidance concerning provisions governing fees and announcements on the payment of fees, costs and prices 164-171 PDF Guidance concerning provisions governing fees and announcements on the payment of fees, costs and prices 189-196 PDF Guidance concerning provisions governing fees and announcements on the payment of fees, costs and prices 534-541 PDF Guidance concerning provisions governing fees and announcements on the payment of fees, costs and prices 552-559 PDF - SEMINARS
Article Page(s) View Seminar on Claim Drafting and Interpretation (London) 62-64 PDF Seminar on Claim Drafting and Interpretation (London) 131 PDF Union of European Practitioners in Industrial Property (Nuremberg) 131 PDF PCT-SEMINAR (in German) 132-135 PDF FICPI – World Congress 1981 (Edinburgh) 247 PDF - INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
Article Page(s) View PCT Information for PCT applicants concerning correspondence addressed to the EPO regarding international applications 48-53 PDF Applicability of the PCT to Hong Kong 88 PDF Amendments to the Administrative Instructions under the PCT 88-89 PDF New equivalents of the international fee and the handling fee in pounds sterling 163 PDF Withdrawal by France of the reservation relating to Chapter II 163 PDF Seventh (5th extraordinary) session of the Assembly of the PCT Union 390-399 PDF Information concerning the Agreement between WIPO and the EPO under the PCT 470 PDF Ratification of the PCT by Belgium / Amendment of the Agreement between WIPO and the EPO under the PCT 530-533 PDF Agreement between WIPO and the EPO under the PCT ANNEX A 533 PDF Budapest Treaty Ratification by Spain and the Soviet Union 89 PDF Amendments to the Regulations 155-163 PDF International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities 185-188 PDF Ratification by Switzerland and accession of Liechtenstein 232 PDF International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities 400-402 PDF Accession by the Philippines 470 PDF
Grouped contents, 1981
- ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
- ANNUAL REPORT – STATISTICS
- BOARDS OF APPEAL
- INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
- REPRESENTATION
- INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
- FEES
- SEMINARS
- INTERNATIONAL TREATIES