INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
European Patent Register on-line: more improvements
Since 15 June 1997, the EPIDOS Register (Part II) has been providing the following additional information:
I. Extension of time limit with surcharge (Rules 85a(1), 85b, Art. 86 EPC)
1. Communication under Rule 85a(1) EPC (filing fee, national basic fee)
(a) Date of dispatch of communication under Rule 85a(1)
(b) Period of grace
(c) Effective date of payment
2. Communication under Rule 85a(1) EPC (search fee)
(a) Date of dispatch of communication under Rule 85a(1)
(b) Period of grace
(c) Effective date of payment
3. Communication under Rule 85a(1) EPC (designation fee)
(a) Country code
(b) Date of dispatch of communication under Rule 85a(1)
(c) Period of grace
(d) Effective date of payment
4. Communication under Rule 85b EPC (request for examination)
(a) Date of dispatch of communication under Rule 85b
(b) Period of grace
(c) Effective date of payment
5. Renewal fees: payment of the additional fee under Article 86(2) EPC
(a) Patent year for which payment is due
(b) Due date for payment
(c) Period of grace
(d) Effective date of payment
II. Communication under Rule 51(4) EPC
(a) Date of dispatch of communication under Rule 51(4)
(b) Whether text approved by applicant
(c) Date of receipt of applicant's approval or disapproval
(d) Date of later approval, if applicable
III. Request for accelerated examination (see OJ EPO 1997, 340)
(a) Filing date of request for accelerated examination
(b) Whether request accepted or refused
(c) Date of EPO decision accepting or refusing the request
IV. Appeal following examination (Article 108 EPC)
New data available in this Chapter:
Date of receipt of statement of grounds
V. Communication under Rule 58(5) EPC
(a) Date of dispatch of communication under Rule 58(5)
(b) Effective date of payment of fee for printing a new specification
(c) Expected date of publication of B2 specification
VI. Request for further processing under Article 121 EPC
New data available in this Chapter:
Effective date of payment of fee for further processing
VII. Cited documents
These are now displayed in separate chapters, with an indication of the phase of the procedure in which they were cited.
