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Grouped contents, 1992

EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISATION
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Revision of the European Patent Convention1PDFHTML
ACT REVISING ARTICLE 63 OF THE CONVENTION ON THE GRANT OF EUROPEAN PATENTS (EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION) OF 5 OCTOBER 19731-3PDFHTML
RESOLUTION ON MUTUAL INFORMATION3-4PDFHTML
FINAL ACT OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE CONTRACTING STATES ON THE REVISION OF ARTICLE 63 OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION OF 19734PDFHTML
Ireland has ratified the European Patent Convention and the PCT337-338PDFHTML
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
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Composition of the Administrative Council
Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation8PDFHTML
Corrigendum: Notice concerning the composition of the United Kingdom delegation on the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (OJ EPO 1992, 8)205PDFHTML
Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation347PDF 
Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council
Report on the 43rd meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (10 to 13 December 1991)5-7PDFHTML
Report on the 44th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (2 to 5 June 1992)339-341PDFHTML
Decisions of the Administrative Council
Decision of the Administrative Council of 5 June 1992 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention342-343PDFHTML
Decision of the Administrative Council of 5 June 1992 amending the Rules relating to Fees344-346PDFHTML
BOARDS OF APPEAL
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Information from the Boards of Appeal of the EPO
Notice concerning the composition for 1992 of the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal72PDFHTML
Notice concerning the composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office as of March 199273-78PDFHTML
Corrigendum: OJ EPO 1992, 73: Notice concerning the composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office246PDFHTML
Supplement to OJ 6/1992
EPO BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW IN 1991
Supplement to OJ 6/1992PDFHTML
Information from the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Referral by the President of the European Patent Office9PDFHTML
Referrals by Boards of Appeal9PDFHTML
Referrals by the President of the European Patent Office401PDFHTML
Decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 4 August 1991 – G 2/9010-16PDF 
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 29 November 1991 – G 2/91206-211PDFHTML
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 9 December 1991 – G 1/91253-259PDF 
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 6 March 1992 – G 6/91491-504PDF 
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 5 May 1992 – G 5/91617-626PDF 
Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 1 February 1990 – J 1/8917-22PDF 
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 6 March 1991 – J 16/90260-268PDF 
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 22 October 1991 – J 4/91402-413PDF 
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 21 March 1991 – J 14/90505-511PDF 
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 22 March 1991 – J 18/90511-516PDF 
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 3 June 1991 – J 30/90516-521PDF 
Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 28 February 1990 – T 208/8822-28PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 8 May 1990 – T 212/8828-45PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 7 December 1989 – T 200/8946-57PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 25 January 1990 – T 18/88107-117PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 27 March 1990 – T 550/88117-126PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 3 May 1990 – T 275/89126-132PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 22 February 1990 – T 716/89132-135PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 29 May 1990 – T 371/88157-168PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 24 September 1990 – T 323/89169-172PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 28 June 1990 – T 426/89172-179PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 24 July 1990 – T 16/87212-219PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 23 March 1990 – T 293/88220-222PDFHTML
Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 7 February 1991 T 202/89223-229PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 3 July 1990 – T 603/89230-239PDF 
Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.2 dated 15 March 1991 T 604/89240-241PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 31 August 1990 – T 60/89268-283PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 9 July 1990 – T 79/89283-295PDF 
Interlocutory Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.2 dated 28 February 1991 T 220/89295-298PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.2 dated 6 July 1990 – T 5/89348-354PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 6 November 1990 – T 250/89355-360PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 30 October 1990 – T 448/89361-367PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 9 October 1990 – T 290/90368-374PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 13 November 1990 – T 290/86414-427PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 9 November 1990 – T 426/88427-436PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 19 December 1990 – T 516/89436-437PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.2 dated 6 November 1990 – T 784/89438-453PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 15 October 1991 – T 34/90454-455PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.2 dated 27 November 1990 – T 89/90456-463PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.3 dated 28 August 1990 – T 326/87522-529PDF 
Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 30 June 1992 – T 367/90529-536PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 7 November 1989 – T 73/88557-570PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 10 October 1989 – T 514/88 (Official Text)570-582PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 18 February 1991 – T 387/89583-587PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.2 dated 28 March 1991 – T 261/88627-637PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 14 January 1991 – T 536/88638-645PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.2 dated 11 December 1990 – T 482/89646-653PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.2 dated 4 April 1991 – T 629/90654-661PDF 
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 4 April 1991 – T 328/87701-709PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.3 dated 25 April 1991 – T 238/88709-717PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.3 dated 15 November 1990 – T 93/89718-724PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 24 April 1991 – T 560/89725-736PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 24 April 1991 – T 3/90737-738PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 14 August 1991 – T 669/90739-746PDFHTML
INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
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Legal Advice No. 18/92: Procedural steps a "non-resident" Euro-PCT applicant may himself take before the EPO as designated or elected Office58-62PDFHTML
Legal Advice No. 10/92 rev.: Consolidation of a European patent application with a Euro-PCT application Refund of the examination fee662-670PDFHTML
Official Journal Index, Year 15/1992InsertPDF 
Decisions of the President of the EPO
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 26 May 1992 on the use of technical means of communication for filing patent applications and other documents299-300PDFHTML
Supplement to OJ 7/1992
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 June 1992 laying down the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in Irish Pounds (IEP)
Supplement to OJ 7/1992PDFHTML
Supplement to OJ 9/1992
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 27 July 1992 concerning the revision of administrative fees and the equivalents of the fees and prices of the EPO
Supplement to OJ 9/1992PDFHTML
Supplement to OJ 10/1992
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 6 October 1992 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in the currencies of certain Contracting States
Supplement to OJ 10/1992PDFHTML
Supplement No. 2 to OJ 12/1992
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 11 December 1992 concerning the representation of nucleotide and amino acid sequences in patent applications and the filing of sequence listings
Supplement No. 2 to OJ 12/1992PDFHTML
Supplement No. 3 to OJ 12/1992
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 26 November 1992 concerning the revision of equivalents and prices of the EPO
Supplement No. 3 to OJ 12/1992PDFHTML
Decisions of the examining and opposition divisions
Grant of European patent No. 0 169 672 (Onco-mouse/Harvard)588-593PDFHTML
Decision of the Opposition Division dated 13 May 1992747-752PDFHTML
Notices of the President of the EPO
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 October 1991 concerning accelerated prosecution of European patent applications ["Seven Measures"]63-65PDFHTML
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 October 1991 concerning accelerated prosecution of European patent applications ["Seven Measures"]136-138PDFHTML
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 October 1991 concerning accelerated prosecution of European patent applications ["Seven Measures"]180-182PDFHTML
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 October 1991 concerning accelerated prosecution of European patent applications ["Seven Measures"]242-244PDFHTML
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 13 May 1992 concerning reservations entered by Spain and Greece under Article 167 EPC301-302PDFHTML
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 October 1991 concerning accelerated prosecution of European patent applications ["Seven Measures"]303-305PDFHTML
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 20 May 1992 concerning extension of time limits according to Rule 85 EPC306PDFHTML
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 October 1991 concerning accelerated prosecution of European patent applications ["Seven Measures"]375-377PDFHTML
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 October 1991 concerning accelerated prosecution of European patent applications ["Seven Measures"]464-467PDFHTML
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 October 1991 concerning accelerated prosecution of European patent applications ["Seven Measures"]537-539PDFHTML
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 July 1992 concerning recognised microorganism depositary institutions540PDFHTML
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 October 1991 concerning accelerated prosecution of European patent applications ["Seven Measures"]594-596PDFHTML
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 1 December 1992 concerning accelerated prosecution of European patent applications ["Seven Measures"]753-755PDFHTML
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 9 October 1992 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 1993756PDFHTML
Notices from the EPO
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 27 December 1991 concerning amendment of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office66-68PDFHTML
Notice dated 12 December 1991 concerning the application of Legal Advice No. 5/8069PDFHTML
Binders for the Patent Bulletin and the Official Journal78PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 4 March 1992 concerning the Vienna sub-office183PDFHTML
Important notice183-184PDFHTML
Notice from the editorial staff of the Official Journal184PDFHTML
Information for PCT applicants concerning the interface between the international phase and the regional phase before the EPO as elected Office under the PCT245-246PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 2 June 1992 concerning the filing of patent applications and other documents306-311PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 May 1992 concerning the computer program Patentin312PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 3 July 1992 concerning an amendment to the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office (Part A)467-468PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 July 1992 about the EPIDOS information register469PDFHTML
List of experts recognised for the purpose of Rule 28 EPC470-475PDF 
1992 Lisbon Conference on the Community Patent476-477PDFHTML
Notice of the European Patent Office dated 12 August 1992 concerning a reprint of the Request for Grant form597-598PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 10 September 1992 concerning revised EPO Form 1010 ("Payment of fees and costs")671-677PDFHTML
Representation of nucleotide and amino acid sequences in patent applications and filing of sequence listings757PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 16 October 1992 concerning the revised Request for Grant form757-774PDFHTML
Notice dated 16 October 1992 concerning revised Form 1200775-790PDFHTML
Trilateral Statistical Report for 1991791PDFHTML
Publications
New edition of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office69PDFHTML
Other information
List of holidays observed by EPO filing offices and the national patent authorities in 199270-71PDFHTML
REPRESENTATION
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Training at the EPO for Patent Attorneys139-143PDFHTML
Training at the EPO for Patent Attorneys478-482PDFHTML
Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination
Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination79PDFHTML
Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination313-325PDFHTML
Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination678-679PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO
List of professional representatives before the EPO81-93PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO144-152PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO185-190PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO247-251PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO326-328PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO378-379PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO484-487PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO541-545PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO599-601PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO680-682PDF 
List of professional representatives before the EPO792-797PDF 
Disciplinary matters
Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office80PDFHTML
Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office185PDFHTML
Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office483PDFHTML
epi
Basic training in European patent law94-96PDFHTML
Council of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office – Members (representatives and substitutes) from Monaco and Portugal545PDFHTML
Council of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office602PDFHTML
Seminars on the European Patent683-684PDFHTML
INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
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AT Austria
1992 Law amending the Patent and Trademark Fees685-686PDFHTML
DE Germany
Translation of the European patent specification97PDFHTML
Extension Law329-331PDFHTML
Translation of the European patent specification380-382PDFHTML
Decision of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 19 November 1991 (X ZR 9/89)686PDFHTML
Decision of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), Xth Civil Senate, of 11 June 1991 (X ZB 24/89)798-806PDFHTML
DK Denmark
New fee rates98PDFHTML
Utility Models Act546PDFHTML
ES Spain
Change of name of the Spanish Patent Office806PDFHTML
FR France
New fee rates331-332PDFHTML
GB United Kingdom
The Patents (Fees) Rules 1992332-333PDFHTML
Registration of European patents (UK) in overseas states or territories (Situation as of February 1992)333-335PDFHTML
Filing of documents by facsimile382PDFHTML
GR Greece
New fee rates191PDFHTML
IT Italy
New fee rates687PDFHTML
PT Portugal
Impact of the European Patent Convention on national law806-811PDFHTML
SE Sweden
New fee rates99PDFHTML
FEES
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Important notice556PDFHTML
Important notice690PDFHTML
Important notice822PDF 
Rules relating to Fees - Decisions
Change of address of the Z-Länderbank Bank Austria A G389PDFHTML
Extract from the Rules relating to Fees693-700PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices106PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices155PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices203PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices252PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices336PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices389-399PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices490PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices606-615PDF 
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices690-692PDF 
Bank and giro accounts of the European Patent Organisation
The address of the branch of Barclays Bank in Great Britain and the account number of the European Patent Organisation252PDFHTML
Change of bank account in Greece556PDFHTML
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
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General
Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (Situation on 1 January 1992)192-201PDFHTML
EEC Treaty Supplementary Protection Certificate for Medicinal Products812-821PDFHTML
PCT
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 June 1992 concerning the late payment fee under Rule 16bis.2 PCT383PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 June 1992 concerning amendments to the Regulations under the PCT384-388PDFHTML
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 25 August 1992 providing for review panels for the implementation of the protest procedure under the PCT [lack of unity]547PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 26 August 1992 concerning the protest procedure under the PCT [lack of unity]547-549PDFHTML
Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT603-605PDFHTML
Accession of Portugal and New Zealand688-689PDFHTML
Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT Corrigendum821PDFHTML
Information for PCT applicants821PDFHTML
Supplement No. 1 to OJ 12/1992
Information for PCT applicants (as at 1 January 1993): concerning time limits and procedural steps before the EPO as a designated Office under the PCT (Arts. 150, 153, Rule 104b EPC)
Supplement No. 1 to OJ 12/1992PDFHTML
Budapest Treaty
International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities100-105PDFHTML
International Depositary Authorities for Micro-organisms488-489PDFHTML
International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities549-555PDFHTML
International exhibitions
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 55 EPC202PDFHTML


Supplements / Special editions


Supplement to OJ 6/1992
EPO BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW IN 1991
 PDF 
Supplement to OJ 7/1992
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 June 1992 laying down the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in Irish Pounds (IEP)
 PDF 
Supplement to OJ 9/1992
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 27 July 1992 concerning the revision of administrative fees and the equivalents of the fees and prices of the EPO
 PDF 
Supplement to OJ 10/1992
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 6 October 1992 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in the currencies of certain Contracting States
 PDF 
Supplement No. 1 to OJ 12/1992
Information for PCT applicants (as at 1 January 1993): concerning time limits and procedural steps before the EPO as a designated Office under the PCT (Arts. 150, 153, Rule 104b EPC)
 PDF 
Supplement No. 2 to OJ 12/1992
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 11 December 1992 concerning the representation of nucleotide and amino acid sequences in patent applications and the filing of sequence listings
 PDF 
Supplement No. 3 to OJ 12/1992
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 26 November 1992 concerning the revision of equivalents and prices of the EPO
 PDF 
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