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Grouped contents, 1994

ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
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Composition of the Administrative Council
Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (Situation: December 1993)20-21PDFHTML
Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (Situation: June 1994)445-446PDFHTML
Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council
Report on the 50th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (7 to 10 December 1993)1-5PDFHTML
Report on the 52nd meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (7 and 8 June 1994)439-442PDFHTML
Decisions of the Administrative Council
Decision of the Administrative Council of 9 December 1993 reducing the search fee for the supplementary European search report in the case of international search reports drawn up by the Chinese Patent Office6PDFHTML
Decision of the Administrative Council of 9 December 1993 adopting a new Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives7-18PDFHTML
Decision of the Administrative Council of 9 December 1993 amending Rule 102, paragraph 1, of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention18-19PDFHTML
Decision of the Administrative Council of 8 June 1994 approving an amendment to the Rules of Procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office443-444PDFHTML
BOARDS OF APPEAL
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Information from the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Referrals by Boards of Appeal347-348PDFHTML
Decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 27 September 1993 – G 5/9222-24PDFHTML
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 27 September 1993 – G 6/9225-27PDFHTML
Opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 29 October 1993 – G 4/92149-153PDFHTML
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 17 December 1993 – G 12/91285-295PDFHTML
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 18 January 1994 – G 5/93447-455PDFHTML
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 2 February 1994 – G 1/93541-555PDFHTML
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 13 June 1994 – G 3/92607-632PDFHTML
Opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 28 April 1994 – G 10/92 (Translation)633-640PDFHTML
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 13 May 1994 – G 7/93775-786PDFHTML
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 11 May 1994 – G 1/94787-796PDFHTML
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 14 July 1994 – G 9/92875-886PDFHTML
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 13 June 1994 – G 8/93887-890PDFHTML
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 6 July 1994 – G 9/93891-897PDFHTML
Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 5 August 1992 – J 11/91 and J 16/9128-49PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 17 September 1992 – J 17/91225-228PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 16 December 1992 – J 15/91296-305PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 1 December 1992 – J 6/91349-364PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 1 December 1992 – J 3/91365-374PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 1 December 1992 – J 2/92375-388PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 10 December 1992 – J 13/90456-464PDFHTML
Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 6 February 1992 – T 268/8950-57PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 24 June 1992 – T 675/9058-64PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 19 December 1991 – T 513/90154-162PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 1 July 1992 – T 888/90162-168PDFHTML
Interlocutory Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.2 dated 11 November 1992 T 384/91169-183PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 4 August 1992 – T 934/91184-192PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 4 August 1992 – T 112/92192-199PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 17 September 1992 – T 108/91228-236PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.4 dated 6 May 1992 – W 16/92237-239PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 15 October 1992 – W 32/92239-243PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 13 November 1992 – T 905/90306-324PDFHTML
Interlocutory Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 26 February 1993 T 815/90389-400PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 2 February 1993 – T 534/89464-471PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 26 March 1992 – T 702/89472-481PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 11 January 1993 – T 789/89482-490PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 15 December 1992 – T 227/91491-500PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 13 November 1992 – T 905/90556PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 15 April 1993 – T 110/90557-571PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 11 March 1993 – T 187/91572-582PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 30 July 1993 – T 182/90641-648PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 10 March 1993 – T 289/91649-652PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 18 March 1993 – T 409/91653-663PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 24 June 1993 – T 892/92664-669PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 24 May 1993 – T 595/90695-707PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 28 October 1993 – T 788/90708-712PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 23 July 1993 – T 830/90713-727PDFHTML
Interlocutory Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 25 May 1993 T 830/91728-739PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 6 December 1993 – T 933/92740-743PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 6 September 1993 – T 760/89797-807PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 15 December 1992 – T 390/90808-817PDFHTML
Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 17 March 1993 T 843/91818-831PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 5 August 1993 – T 843/91832-852PDFHTML
Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 8 July 1993 T 27/92853-861PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.2 dated 8 September 1993 – T 804/92862-863PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 24 June 1993 – T 148/89898-905PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.3 dated 8 September 1993 – T 376/90906-911PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 3 June 1993 – T 598/91912-917PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 29 September 1993 – T 640/91918-930PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 21 October 1993 – W 3/93931-938PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 5 November 1993 – W 4/93939-951PDFHTML
Decisions of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal
Interlocutory decision of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 18 May 1993 D 11/91401-411PDFHTML
INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
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Official Journal Index, Year 18/1995InsertPDF 
Decisions of the President of the EPO
Supplement to OJ 4/1994
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 March 1994 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in the currencies of certain Contracting States
Supplement to OJ 4/1994PDFHTML
Supplement to OJ 9/1994
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 9 August 1994 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in the currencies of certain Contracting States
Supplement to OJ 9/1994PDFHTML
Notices of the President of the EPO
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 1 December 1992 concerning accelerated prosecution of European patent applications ["Seven Measures"]244-247PDFHTML
Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 8 July 1994 concerning extension of time limits according to Rule 85 EPC583PDFHTML
Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 23 October 1994 concerning the extension of time limits under Rule 85 EPC952PDFHTML
Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 November 1994 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 1995953PDFHTML
Notices from the EPO
Notice concerning the composition for 1994 of the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal65PDFHTML
Notice concerning the composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office in the 1994 working year66-73PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 1 December 1993 concerning the filing of drawings74PDFHTML
Extension of European patents to Slovenia75-87PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 December 1993 concerning the revised Request for Grant form91-98PDFHTML
Binders for the Patent Bulletin and the Official Journal99PDFHTML
EPO Seminars on Sequence Listings200PDFHTML
Extension of European patents to Latvia and Lithuania201PDFHTML
Free subscriptions to the European Patent Register Online326PDFHTML
Two-letter country codes412-416PDFHTML
Standing Advisory Committee before the EPO (SACEPO)417-418PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 27 May 1994 concerning the revised Request for Grant form501-507PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 31 May 1994 concerning revised Form 1200508-526PDFHTML
Extension of European patents to Lithuania527PDFHTML
Interpretation in oral proceedings583-587PDFHTML
The EASY PROJECT enters the ß-testing phase588-590PDFHTML
Trilateral Tenth Anniversary591PDFHTML
Free subscription to the online services of the European Patent Office670-672PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 5 September 1994 concerning mail addressed to the European Patent Office744-745PDFHTML
Extension of European patents to Romania746PDFHTML
Official opening hours of filing and cash offices of the EPO954-955PDFHTML
Trilateral Statistical Report for 1993955PDFHTML
Free subscription to the online services of the European Patent Office956-958PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 31 October 1994 concerning amendment of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office959-966PDFHTML
Publications
Reissue of back copies of the Official Journal of the European Patent Office325PDFHTML
New edition of the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO967PDFHTML
Other information
List of holidays observed by EPO filing offices and the national patent authorities in 199489-90PDFHTML
REPRESENTATION
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Important notice327PDFHTML
Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination
Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination248PDFHTML
Decision of the Examination Board of 19 May 1994 adopting Instructions concerning the qualifications required for enrolment for the European qualifying examination599-602PDFHTML
List of references to landmark decisions603-604PDFHTML
Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination864-865PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO
List of professional representatives before the EPO100-122PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO202-211PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO261-265PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO328-332PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO433-436PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO528-530PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO592-594PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO673-675PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO747-749PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO866-870PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO971-976PDFHTML
Disciplinary matters
Members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office260PDFHTML
Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office536PDFHTML
Decision of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office dated 21 October 1993 DB/02/92750-757PDFHTML
European qualifying examination
Instructions to candidates concerning the conduct of the examination249-252PDFHTML
Instructions to candidates for preparing their answers252-256PDFHTML
Instructions to invigilators256-259PDFHTML
European qualifying examination 1995419-432PDFHTML
Implementing provisions to the Regulation on the European qualifying examination595-598PDFHTML
European qualifying examination 1995968-970PDFHTML
PRAKTIKA INTERN
Training at the EPO for patent attorneys531-535PDFHTML
CEIPI/epi
Basic training in European patent law212-214PDFHTML
Preparation for the European Qualifying Examination214-215PDFHTML
Seminars on the European patent Seminars organised with the assistance of the European Patent Office and European industrial property practitioners676-677PDFHTML
INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
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Impact of the European Patent Convention on national law123PDFHTML
AT Austria
Decision of the Oberster Gerichtshof (Supreme Court) dated 29 September 1992216PDFHTML
New utility model law – Amendment of patent law678-680PDFHTML
Amendment of the Patent Law871PDFHTML
DE Germany
Judgment of the Düsseldorf Landgericht (Regional Court) dated 16 March 1993 (4 O 137/92)217PDFHTML
ES Spain
New fee rates218-219PDFHTML
GB United Kingdom
Address for service – European patents124PDFHTML
GR Greece
New fee rates219-220PDFHTML
MC Monaco
Impact of the European Patent Convention on national law124-130PDFHTML
New fee rates758PDFHTML
NL Netherlands
Decision of the Hoge Raad (Supreme Court) dated 18 December 1992 (Pharbita and Medicopharma v. ICI)220PDFHTML
PT Portugal
New fee rates221-222PDFHTML
SE Sweden
Amendments to the Patents Act537PDFHTML
FEES
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Important notice283PDFHTML
Important notice693PDFHTML
Rules relating to Fees - Decisions
Automatic debiting procedure437PDFHTML
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 1 September 1994 fixing the amount of the fee for appeal mentioned in Article 27, paragraph 2, of the Regulation on the European qualifying examination760PDFHTML
EPO guidelines for converting fees and prices from Deutsche Mark to other EPO member states' currencies872PDFHTML
Corrigendum: Supplement to OJ EPO 9/1994, 15873PDFHTML
EPIDOS price list980-981PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices137-147PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices223PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices335-345PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices437PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices539PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices606PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices761-773PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices979PDFHTML
Bank and giro accounts of the European Patent Organisation
Opening of a bank account in Monaco774PDFHTML
Bank and giro accounts of the European Patent Organisation Change of EPO giro account details in Denmark979PDFHTML
Fees payable under the PCT
Fees payable under the PCT283PDFHTML
Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA)
Supplement to OJ 6/1994
Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA)
Supplement to OJ 6/1994PDFHTML
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
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General
Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (Situation on 1 March 1994)266-276PDFHTML
PCT
Change to Information for PCT applicants131-136PDFHTML
Accession of Slovenia136PDFHTML
Accession of Trinidad and Tobago136PDFHTML
Poland136PDFHTML
Accession of China – Corrigendum136PDFHTML
Declaration of continuation by Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova and Tajikistan277PDFHTML
Accession of Kenya333PDFHTML
Accession of Lithuania333PDFHTML
Notice concerning the filing of authorisations with the EPO as receiving Office for international applications (Rule 90.4 PCT)538PDFHTML
Declaration of continuation by Armenia605PDFHTML
Accession by Estonia605PDFHTML
Accession by Liberia605PDFHTML
Revised information for PCT applicants concerning the procedure before the EPO as an International Preliminary Examining Authority under Chapter II PCT681-691PDFHTML
Fee reduction by certain designated/ elected Offices where the EPO has acted as ISA or IPEA691-692PDFHTML
Accession by Swaziland692PDFHTML
Accession by Mexico977PDFHTML
Accession by Uganda977PDFHTML
Budapest Treaty
International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities278-282PDFHTML
International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities759PDFHTML
International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities977-978PDFHTML
International exhibitions
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 55 EPC276PDFHTML


Supplements / Special editions


Supplement to OJ 4/1994
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 March 1994 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in the currencies of certain Contracting States
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Supplement to OJ 6/1994
Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA)
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Supplement to OJ 9/1994
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 9 August 1994 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in the currencies of certain Contracting States
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Special Edition to OJ EPO 1994: EPO BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW IN 1993 PDF 
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