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Grouped contents, 1984

ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
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Composition of the Administrative Council
Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation5-6PDF 
Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council
Report on the 17th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (5 to 9 December 1983)1-3PDF 
Report on the 18th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (5 to 8 June 1984)293-295PDF 
Decisions of the Administrative Council
Decision of the Administrative Council of 9 December 1983 on the reduction of fees for the international search and preliminary examination of an international application in favour of nationals of developing countries3-4PDF 
Decision of the Administrative Council of 9 December 1983 determining the members of the Institute of professional representatives before the European Patent Office to whom Article 15 of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Patent Organisation applies4-5PDF 
Decision of the Administrative Council of 8 June 1984 on the proportion of renewal fees for European patents to be remitted to the European Patent Organisation296PDFHTML
Decision of the Administrative Council of 8 June 1984 revising the amounts of the fees provided for in Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees, amending the Rules relating to Fees and amending the Decision of the Administrative Council of 9 December 1983 on the reduction of fees for the international search and preliminary examination of an international application in favour of nationals of developing countries297-300PDF 
BOARDS OF APPEAL
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Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 28 July 1983 – J 19/826-9PDF 
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal of 10 August 1983 – J 21/8265-70PDF 
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 8 November 1983 – J 08/82155-164PDF 
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 2 December 1983 – J 07/83211-216PDF 
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 3 August 1984 – J 24/82, J 25/82, J 26/82467-473PDF 
Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 22 June 1983 – T 113/8210-15PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 of 29 July 1983 – T 37/8271-75PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 of 22 July 1983 – T 94/8275-87PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 7 June 1983 – T 14/83105-112PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 26 July 1983 – T 49/83112-117PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 12 January 1984 – T 128/82164-172PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 26 August 1983 – T 130/82172-174PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 26 October 1983 – T 185/82174-180PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 12 December 1983 – T 119/82217-228PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 4 January 1984 – T 184/82261-264PDFHTML
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 15 March 1984 – T 2/83265-271PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 5 September 1983 – T 152/82301-306PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 20 September 1983 – T 17/83 "Debit order II/FORD"306-309PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 7 February, 1984 – T 150/82309-317PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 14 March 1984 – T 32/82354-356PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 5 April 1984 – T 69/83357-368PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 5 April 1984 – T 38/84368-375PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 28 February 1984 – T 181/82401-414PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 22 March 1984 – T 192/82415-427PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 13 April 1984 – T 13/83428-433PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 15 May 1984 – T 109/82473-481PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 9 May 1984 – T 201/83481-488PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 22 August 1984 – T 166/84489-490PDF 
Decisions of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 26 June 1984 – T 161/82551-555PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1. dated 30 July 1984 – T 188/83555-562PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 3 July 1984 – T 89/84562-565PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 12 September 1984 – T 170/83605-613PDF 
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 3 September 1984 – T 130/84613-615PDF 
INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
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Legal Advice NO. 15/84 Articles 97; 102; 113 EPC491-495PDF 
Official Journal Index, Year 7/1984InsertPDF 
Decisions of the examining and opposition divisions
Decision of the Opposition Division 024 of 15 June 1983117-120PDF 
Decision of the Examining Division 125 of 5 June 1984565-572PDFHTML
Notices of the President of the EPO
Notice of the President of the EPO dated 13 December 1983 concerning the extension of time limits according to Rule 85 EPC16PDF 
Reminder: Notice of the President of the EPO dated 1 November 1983 concerning days (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) on which the EPO is not open for the receipt of documents during 198416PDF 
Notice of the President of the EPO dated 20 January 1984 concerning the extension of time limits according to Rule 85 EPC87PDF 
Notice of the President of the EPO dated 10 January 1984 concerning the form of European patent specifications88PDFHTML
Notice of the President of the EPO dated 27 April 1984 concerning the administrative fee per inquiry made direct to the Register of European Patents272PDF 
Notice of the President of the EPO dated 5 September 1984 concerning recognised microorganism depositary institutions442-443PDF 
Notice of the President of the EPO dated 21 September 1984 concerning the extension of time limits according to Rule 85 EPC495PDF 
Notice of the President of the EPO dated 20 September 1984 concerning recognised microorganism depositary institutions: NCACC496PDF 
Notice of the President of the EPO dated 5 November 1984 concerning days (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) on which the EPO is not open for the receipt of documents during 1985576PDF 
Notices of the Vice-Presidents
Notice of the Vice-President of Directorate-General 2 of the EPO concerning the entrustment to formalities officers of certain duties normally the responsibility of the Examining Divisions of the EPO, dated 15 June 1984317-319PDF 
Notice of the Vice-President of Directorate-General 2 of the EPO concerning the entrustment to formalities officers of certain duties normally the responsibility of the Opposition Divisions of the EPO, dated 15 June 1984319-321PDF 
Notices from the EPO
Notice concerning the composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office in the 1984 working year17-19PDF 
Access to Register of Patents Information121-123PDF 
Patent Information and Documentation Handbook WIPO Standards124-128PDF 
Organisational structure of the European Patent Office181PDF 
European Patent Applications and Patents - Statistics181-186PDF 
Deposit of micro-organisms with the CNCM, Institut Pasteur: Amendment of the schedule of fees187PDF 
Notice dated 31 January 1984 concerning the amendment to the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office (Part A)188PDF 
Information concerning the amendment to the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office (Part A)188PDF 
Notice dated 3 April 1984 concerning an amendment to the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office (Part C)189-190PDF 
Standing Advisory Committee before the EPO (SACEPO)229-230PDF 
Reminder: Instructions for paying renewal fees for European patent applications and patents272-273PDF 
Notice concerning the debiting of deposit accounts321-322PDF 
Deposit of micro-organisms with the Forschungsinstitut Borstel323-324PDF 
Enclosure of a prepared acknowledgement of receipt with summonses325PDF 
Mr. Leopoldo Gotti Porcinari †353PDF 
Guidance for appellants and their representatives376-381PDF 
Access to the Annex to the European search report381PDFHTML
European Patent Applications and Patents434-439PDF 
Bank and giro accounts440PDF 
Opening of a second bank account in France for the European Patent Organisation495PDF 
Fourth edition of the International Patent Classification (IPC)573-575PDF 
Information concerning the 1985 fee increase616-620PDF 
Information for PCT applicants (as at 1 January 1985) concerning deadlines and procedural steps before the EPO as a designated Office under the PCT (Articles 150, 153, Rule 104b EPC)621-630PDF 
Information for PCT applicants (as at 1 January 1985) concerning deadlines and procedural steps before the EPO as an elected Office under the PCT (Articles 150, 156, Rule 104b EPC)631-641PDF 
Access to supplementary European search reports642PDF 
Binders for the Patent Bulletin and the Official Journal642PDF 
Publications
Annual Report of the European Patent Office for 1983440PDF 
Publications of the European Patent Office440-442PDF 
REPRESENTATION
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Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination
Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination129PDF 
Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination326-328PDF 
Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination577-578PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO
List of professional representatives before the EPO23-25PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO88-90PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO137-141PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO190-192PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO231-233PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO274PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO328-329PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO382-383PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO443-445PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO496-499PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO578-579PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO643-644PDF 
Disciplinary matters
Regulation on Discipline for Professional Representatives; Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office19-20PDF 
Decision of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office dated 31 January 1983 (case no. 4/82)20-23PDF 
European qualifying examination
Instructions to invigilators130-132PDF 
Instructions to candidates for preparing their answers133-136PDF 
INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
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List of the dates on which the national patent authorities are not open for the receipt of documents during 198442-44PDF 
Second Symposium of European Patent Judges in Strasbourg579-580PDF 
AT Austria
Legislation: 1984 Law amending the Patent andTrademark Fees242-243PDF 
Case law276-279PDF 
Legislation: 1984 Amendment to patent legislation580-581PDF 
CH Switzerland
Case law Judgement of the Swiss Bundesgericht (Federal Supreme Court) (Civil Division I) dated 29 February 1984 in re Sh. & Co. v. the Swiss Intellectual Property Office330-334PDF 
Legal Advice from the Swiss Federal Intellectual Property Office (FIPO), dated 30 May 1984581-584PDF 
DE Germany
Federal Republic of Germany Case law26-41PDF 
Case Law242PDF 
Federal Republic of Germany275PDF 
FR France
Legislation: New Order on Fees244-245PDF 
GB United Kingdom
Case Law233-242PDF 
Legislation: The Patents (Amendment) Rules 1984335PDF 
Registration of European patents (UK) in overseas states or territories (Situation in April 1984)336-338PDF 
Reminder: United Kingdom445-446PDF 
FEES
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Rules relating to Fees - Decisions
Extract from the Rules relating to Fees282PDF 
Important fees for European patent applications283-287PDF 
Fees: Revised equivalents of the Fees, Costs and Prices of the European Patent Office in Pounds Sterling (£)375-376PDF 
New Fees577PDF 
Supplement to OJ 8/1984
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 2 August 1984 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in Pounds Sterling (£)
Supplement to OJ 8/1984PDFHTML
Supplement to OJ 11/1984
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 8 November 1984 revising the amounts of the EPO administrative fees, costs and prices and the equivalents of fees, reneweal fee differences, costs and prices in the currencies of the Contracting States
Supplement to OJ 11/1984PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices52-59PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices92-99PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices142-149PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices199-206PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices248-255PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices280-281PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices339-346PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices386-393PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices449-456PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices536-543PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices592-599PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices646-653PDF 
SEMINARS
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Seminars153PDF 
Seminars457PDF 
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
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General
Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (Situation on 1 January 1984)45-50PDF 
PCT
Ratification of the PCT by Sudan and Bulgaria197PDF 
Ratification by the Republic of Korea338PDF 
Accession of Mali499-500PDF 
Amendments adopted by the PCT Union Assembly during its 11th session (7th extraordinary)500-533PDF 
Amendment of the Agreement between WIPO and the EPO under the PCT585-587PDF 
Amendment of the Schedule of Fees588PDF 
Modification of time limits specified by Articles 22 (2) and 39 (1) (a) PCT645PDF 
Budapest Treaty
Ratification by the Republic of Austria197PDF 
International depositary authorities for Micro-organisms, FRI198PDF 
International depositary authorities for Micro-organisms Change in the fee schedule of CBS245PDF 
International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities447-448PDF 
International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities533-535PDF 
International exhibitions
International exhibitions as referred to in Article 55 EPC51PDF 
Vienna Convention
The interpretation of international treaties under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties192-193PDF 
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties193-197PDF 
SUPPLEMENTS
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Advertisement102-103PDF 
The organisational structure of the European Patent Office154-155PDF 
Advertisement350-351PDF 
INFORMATION CONCERNING LITERATURE ON EUROPEAN PATENT LAW
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INFORMATION CONCERNING LITERATURE ON EUROPEAN PATENT LAW91PDF 
INFORMATION CONCERNING LITERATURE ON EUROPEAN PATENT LAW246-247PDF 
INFORMATION CONCERNING LITERATURE ON EUROPEAN PATENT LAW384-385PDF 
INFORMATION CONCERNING LITERATURE ON EUROPEAN PATENT LAW589-591PDF 


Supplements / Special editions


Supplement to OJ 8/1984
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 2 August 1984 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in Pounds Sterling (£)
 PDF 
Supplement to OJ 11/1984
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 8 November 1984 revising the amounts of the EPO administrative fees, costs and prices and the equivalents of fees, reneweal fee differences, costs and prices in the currencies of the Contracting States
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