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1997

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Supplement to OJ 5/1997
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Supplement to OJ 12/1997

    Official Journal December 1997

    Online publication date: 31.12.1997

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    BOARDS OF APPEAL

    Information from the Enlarged Board of Appeal
    Referrals by boards of appeal551
    Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 20 December 1996 – W 4/96552-560
    Decisions of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal
    Decision of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 5 June 1996 – D 14/93561-571

    INFORMATION FROM THE EPO

    Information from the EPO
    Information concerning interviews and oral proceedings to be held as a video conference572-574
    Corrigendum: Composition of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal (OJ EPO 1997, 471)574
    Information about the European Patent Office Web site on the Internet575
    Register of European Patents on-line: further user possibilities576
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    Official Journal Index, Year 20/1997Insert

    REPRESENTATION

    European qualifying examination
    European qualifying examination577
    List of professional representatives before the EPO
    List of professional representatives before the EPO578-587

    INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES

    DE Germany
    Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 11 July 1995 – Klinische Versuche (clinical tests) 'Right to conduct tests – use of patented subject-matter to gain information about possible further uses – right to test not limited by further-reaching objectives, eg approval under pharmaceuticals legislation'588
    Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 17 April 1997 – Klinische Versuche II (clinical tests II) 'Right to conduct tests – a commercial objective in tests for the purposes of technical development does not constitute patent infringement – limits of right to test'589

    INTERNATIONAL TREATIES

    EC Treaty
    Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities dated 9 July 1997 – Generics BV/Smith Kline 'Patent protection for direct product of a process – submission of medicinal product for marketing authorisation as infringement' – 'Infringer prohibited from marketing product for a period after expiry of patent'590-591
    PCT
    Amendment of PCT Regulations592
    Information for PCT applicants concerning the procedure before the EPO as an International Preliminary Examining Authority under Chapter II PCT593-600
    Accession by Guinea-Bissau (GW)600

    FEES

    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices601
    Important notice601

    Supplement

    Supplement to OJ 12/1997
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 April 1997 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in the currencies of the contracting states
    This supplement does not contain separate articles.

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