Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL | ||
Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council | ||
| Report on the 73rd meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation in Munich (8 to 10 December 1998) | 57-66 | |
BOARDS OF APPEAL | ||
Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal | ||
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 5 February 1998 – T 450/97 (Language of the proceedings) | 67-79 | |
INFORMATION FROM THE EPO | ||
Decisions of the President of the EPO | ||
| Decision of the President of the EPO dated 22 December 1998 on the filing of priority documents | 80-81 | |
Information from the EPO | ||
| Notice concerning the composition for 1999 of the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal | 81-82 | |
| Notice concerning closure of EPO cash offices | 81 | |
| Notice concerning the composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and the boards of appeal of the European Patent Office in the 1999 working year | 82-90 | |
| Publication of the annex to the European search report | 90-91 | |
| Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO | 90 | |
| EASY in Sweden | 91 | |
REPRESENTATION | ||
Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination | ||
| Decision of the Examination Board of 23 September 1998 amending the Instructions concerning the qualifications required for enrolment for the European qualifying examination | 92-93 | |
European qualifying examination | ||
| Instructions to candidates for preparing their answers | 93-94 | |
| Instructions to candidates concerning the conduct of the examination | 93 | |
| List of references to landmark decisions | 94-95 | |
List of professional representatives before the EPO | ||
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 95-100 | |
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES | ||
European Union | ||
| Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions | 101-119 | |
PCT | ||
| Accession by South Africa (ZA) | 119 | |
| Accession by the United Arab Emirates (AE) | 119 | |
FEES | ||
| Introduction of the euro and amendment of the Rules relating to Fees | 120-121 | |
| Important notice concerning the revised version of the Arrangements for deposit accounts | 121 |
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 21 January 1999 concerning the publication of a revised version of the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes | 1-2 | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 21 January 1999 concerning the publication of a revised version of the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes | 3-4 | |
| Transitional provisions , valid until 31 December 2001, relating to the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes | 5-6 | |
| Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) | 7-12 | |
| Annex A.1 to the ADA Arrangements for the automatic debiting procedure (AAD) | 13-20 | |
| Annex A.2 to the ADA Information from the EPO concerning the automatic debiting procedure | 21-37 | |
| Annex B to the ADA Arrangements for debiting deposit accounts by diskette | 38-40 | |
| Appendix 1 to Annex B Data carrier specifications for payment of fees using diskettes | 41-44 | |
| Appendix 2 to Annex B Particulars to be supplied in the batch debit order | 45 | |
| Annex C.1 to the ADA Administrative Agreement dated 5 April 1993 between the EPO and the epi | 46-48 | |
| Annex C.2 to the ADA Notice re debiting of epi annual subscriptions from deposit accounts held with the EPO | 49-50 |