Grouped contents, 1998
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Composition of the Administrative Council | ||
| Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at December 1997) | 15-16 | |
| Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at June 1998) | 401-402 | |
| Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at November 1998) | 565-566 | |
Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council | ||
| Report on the 69th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation in The Hague (2 to 5 December 1997) | 3-14 | |
| Report on the 71st meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation in Munich (16 to 17 June 1998) | 391-400 |
BOARDS OF APPEAL
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Information from the Enlarged Board of Appeal | ||
| Referrals by the President of the European Patent Office | 509-510 | |
| Communication from the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning Case G 1/98 | 509 | |
| Referrals by the President of the European Patent Office (G 4/98) | 567-568 | |
| Referrals by boards of appeal (G 3/98) | 567 | |
Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal | ||
| Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal 3.1.1 dated 10 March 1997 – J 29/94 | 147-160 | |
| Decision of Legal Board of Appeal 3.1.1 dated 14 July 1997 – J 16/96 | 347-358 | |
| Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 1 October 1997 – J 18/96 | 403-412 | |
| Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal 3.1.1 dated 4 July 1997 – J 22/95 | 569-581 | |
| Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 3 September 1997 – J 29/96 | 581-586 | |
Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal | ||
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 11 February 1997 – T 655/92 | 17-23 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.2 dated 17 April 1997 – T 382/94 | 24-31 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 1 April 1997 – T 750/94 | 32-44 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 2 July 1996 – T 649/92 | 97-112 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.3 dated 20 November 1996 – T 472/92 | 161-182 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 17 October 1996 – T 85/93 | 183-198 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 25 February 1997 – T 136/95 | 198-210 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 11 June 1997 – T 329/94 | 241-249 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 9 July 1997 – T 1105/96 | 249-255 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 14 May 1997 – T 254/93 | 285-296 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.5 dated 22 September 1997 – T 522/94 | 421-440 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 5 December 1997 – T 951/97 | 440-449 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.3 dated 15 July 1997 – T 97/94 | 467-479 | |
| Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 25 February 1997 – T 136/95 | 480 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 23 January 1998 – T 939/95 | 481-488 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 12 February 1998 – T 990/96 | 489-498 | |
| Referral-Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 13 October 1997 – T 1054/96 | 511-553 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 20 October 1997 – T 460/95 | 587-596 | |
Decisions of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal | ||
| Decision of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 17 March 1997 – D 25/96 | 45-54 | |
| Decision of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 9 June 1997 – D 15/95 | 297-301 | |
| Decision of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 18 July 1997 – D 8/96 | 302-311 |
INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Notices from the EPO | ||
| Corrigendum: New patent law in Hong Kong (OJ EPO 1997, 429) | Insert | |
| Notice concerning the composition for 1998 of the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal | 55 | |
| EASY in Belgium | 555 | |
| Notice concerning the composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and the boards of appeal of the EPO in the 1998 working year | 56-63 | |
| Impact of the year 2000 on dates and patent document numbers | 256 | |
| Notice of 5 August 1998 concerning forms and publications available from the EPO | 451-457 | |
| Introduction of paragraph numbering in European patent documents | 598-600 | |
| Trilateral Statistical Report for 1996 | 63 | |
| Standing Advisory Committee before the EPO (SACEPO) | 66-68 | |
| EASY in Finland | 450 | |
| Notice dated 3 September 1998 concerning the introduction of the euro | 499-500 | |
| Notice dated 20 November 1998 concerning new versions of various forms | 597-598 | |
| Binders for the Patent Bulletin and the Official Journal | 66 | |
Publications | ||
| Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention 1998 | 413 | |
| Publication of the Official Journal | 555 | |
Other information | ||
| List of holidays observed by EPO filing offices and the national patent authorities in 1998 | 63-65 | |
Decisions of the President of the EPO | ||
| Supplement to OJ 3/1998 Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 9 February 1998 laying down the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in Cypriot pounds (CYP) | Sulement to OJ 3/1998 | |
| Supplement to OJ 5/1998 Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 20 April 1998 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in the currencies of certain Contracting States | Sulement to OJ 5/1998 | |
| Supplement No. 2 to OJ 11/1998 Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 2 October 1998 concerning the presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequences in patent applications and the filing of sequence listings | Sulement 2 to OJ 11/1998 | |
| Decision of the President of the EPO dated 14 May 1998 concerning phased implementation and use of the PHOENIX electronic file system for the creation, maintenance, preservation and inspection of files | 360-361 | |
Notices of the President of the EPO | ||
| Notice of the President of the EPO dated 20 April 1998 concerning the extension of time limits under Rule 85 EPC | 256 | |
| Notice from the President of the EPO dated 19 May 1998 concerning accelerated processing of oppositions where infringement proceedings have been instituted | 361-362 | |
| Notice from the President of the EPO dated 17 September 1998 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 1999 | 554 | |
Notices of the Vice-Presidents | ||
| Notice from the Vice-President, Directorate-General 3 concerning decisions taken by the Disciplinary Board of Appeal | 211 | |
| Notice from the Vice-President Directorate-General 3 dated 19 May 1998 concerning accelerated processing before the boards of appeal | 362-363 | |
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| Official Journal Index, Year 21/1998 | Insert | |
| Legal Advice No. 15/98 – Auxiliary requests in examination and opposition proceedings | 113-118 | |
| Cancellation of Legal advice notices | 359 |
REPRESENTATION
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
List of professional representatives before the EPO | ||
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 69-73 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 128-137 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 212-216 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 257-261 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 318-320 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 384-388 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 414-418 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 458-461 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 503-505 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 556-559 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 603-613 | |
Disciplinary matters | ||
| Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office | 126-127 | |
European qualifying examination | ||
| Instructions to candidates for preparing their answers | 119-124 | |
| Members of the Examination Board and Examination Committees; Examination results | 119 | |
| List of references to landmark decisions | 125 | |
| Corrigendum: Compendium of the papers of the European qualifying examination (OJ EPO 1997, 577) | 126 | |
| European qualifying examination 1999 | 312 | |
| Decision of the Examination Board of 28 April 1998 | 364-368 | |
| Appointment of members of the Examination Board and examination committees | 364 | |
| Announcement of the European qualifying examination 1999 | 369-383 | |
| Examination results | 414 | |
| Examination results | 458 | |
| Examination results | 501-502 | |
| Appointment of members of the Examination Board and examination committees | 601-602 | |
| Notice from the Examination Secretariat | 602 | |
PRAKTIKA INTERN | ||
| Training at the EPO for patent attorneys | 312-317 | |
CEIPI | ||
| Special Preparatory Course for the CEIPI Seminar on Paper D (legal questions) | 262 | |
| Seminars on the European patent | 462-463 | |
CEIPI/epi | ||
| Basic training in European patent law | 138-140 | |
epi | ||
| epi Tutorials | 74 | |
| Examiners are needed for the Examination Committees | 216 |
INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
CH Switzerland | ||
| Payment of renewal fees | 75 | |
ES Spain | ||
| New fee rates | 76-77 | |
| New fee rates | 77 | |
| New fee rates | 80-81 | |
| New fee rates | 389 | |
| New fee rates | 560-561 | |
| New fee rates | 560 | |
LU Luxembourg | ||
| New patent legislation – summary | 78-80 | |
AT Austria | ||
| Decision of the Oberster Patent- und Markensenat (Supreme Patent and Trademark Chamber) dated 12 June 1996 – Recombinant DNA molecules 'Effectiveness of a reservation in Austria – protection for pharmaceutical products per se' – 'Whether a process for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical product is specified' – 'Revocation of European patents' | 217-218 | |
DE Germany | ||
| Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 5 June 1997 – Weichvorrichtung II (Steeping device II) 'Extent of protection conferred by a patent – Relevance of limiting declarations in opposition proceedings' | 141 | |
| Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 5 December 1995 – Corioliskraft (Coriolis force) 'Period of grace – calculation' | 263-266 | |
| Referral by the Bundespatentgericht (Federal Patent Court) dated 29 January 1998 – Translations/BASF 'European patent deemed void if prescribed translation not filed – compatibility with EC Treaty (ECT)' – 'Referral to ECJ' | 267-277 | |
| Amendment of the Patent Law and other laws | 614-616 | |
| Decision of the Bundespatentgericht (Federal Patent Court) dated 25 August 1997 – Steuerbare Filterschaltung (Controllable filter switch) 'Extent of protection conferred by a patent – no inadmissible extension of protection by deleting originally non-disclosed features in claims during opposition proceedings – Limitation of claims to scope of original disclosure takes precedence over prohibition on later extension of protection' | 617-626 | |
GB United Kingdom | ||
| The Patents (Fees) Rules 1998 | 506-507 | |
NL Netherlands | ||
| Decision of the Hoge Raad (Supreme Court) dated 13 January 1995 – Contact lens liquid 'Extent of protection conferred by a patent – Consideration of grant file when determining extent of protection' | 142 | |
| Decision of the Hoge Raad (Supreme Court) dated 23 June 1995 – Follicle stimulation hormone II 'Period of grace – calculation – evident abuse' – 'Right based on prior use' – 'Right to conduct tests' | 278-281 | |
SE Sweden | ||
| Judgment of the Court of Patent Appeals of 10 May 1995 – Device for pay dispensers 'Novelty – prior art – public prior use by placing a product on the market – reproducibility of product for skilled person' – 'G 1/92 cited as landmark decision' | 321-327 |
FEES
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Rules relating to Fees - Decisions | ||
| Supplement No. 1 to OJ 11/1998 Fees as from 4 December 1998 | Sulement to OJ 11/1998 | |
| CY Cyprus | 419 | |
| Notice concerning price reduction for use of the Register of European Patents on-line | 95 | |
| New prices for patent information products and services | 95 | |
Guidance for the payment of fees | ||
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 95 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 231-239 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 337-345 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 390 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 419 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 465 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 508 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 628-637 | |
Fees payable under the PCT | ||
| Reductions in PCT fees | 627-628 | |
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| Important notice | 145 | |
| Important notice | 283 | |
| Important notice | 563 |
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
General | ||
| Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (situation on 1 March 1998) | 219-229 | |
European Union | ||
| Green Paper on the Community patent | 82-84 | |
| Green Paper on the Community patent | 328-331 | |
PCT | ||
| New agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT | 85-94 | |
| Launching of the beta-test of the PCT-EASY software for the filing of international applications | 143-144 | |
| Decision of the President of the EPO dated 26 February 1998 concerning the late-payment fee under Rule 58bis.2 PCT | 282 | |
| Amendments to the PCT Regulations which will enter into force on or after 1 July 1998 | 332-336 | |
| Accession by Croatia (HR) | 336 | |
| Accession by Grenada (GD) | 464 | |
| Accession by India (IN) | 562 | |
International exhibitions | ||
| INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 55 EPC | 230 |
Supplements / Special editions
| Supplement 2 to OJ 11/1998 Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 2 October 1998 concerning the presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequences in patent applications and the filing of sequence listings | |
| Supplement to OJ 11/1998 Fees as from 4 December 1998 | |
| Supplement to OJ 3/1998 Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 9 February 1998 laying down the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in Cypriot pounds (CYP) | |
| Supplement to OJ 5/1998 Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 20 April 1998 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in the currencies of certain Contracting States | |
| Special edition, OJ EPO, 1998 EPO BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW IN 1997 |