Grouped contents, 1999
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Composition of the Administrative Council | ||
| Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at June 1999) | 440-441 | |
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 | |
| Report on the 76th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (15 and 16 June 1999) | 425-437 | |
| Report on the 77th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation in Munich (13 October 1999) | 659-660 | |
Decisions of the Administrative Council | ||
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 10 December 1998 amending the European Patent Convention and its Implementing Regulations | 1-4 | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 10 December 1998 amending the Rules relating to Fees ('Introduction of the euro') | 5-8 | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 10 December 1998 amending the Rules relating to Fees ('Reduction of fees') | 9-10 | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 16 June 1999 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention | 437-440 | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 13 October 1999 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention and the Rules relating to Fees | 660-667 |
BOARDS OF APPEAL
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Decisions of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal | ||
| Decision of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 25 June 1998 – D 12/97 | 566-570 | |
Information from the Enlarged Board of Appeal | ||
| Referrals by boards of appeal | 442 | |
| Referrals by boards of appeal | 589 | |
Decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal | ||
| Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 12 November 1998 – G 2/97 (Language of the proceedings) | 123-132 | |
| Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 21 January 1999 – G 3/97 (Translation) | 245-270 | |
| Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 21 January 1999 – G 4/97 (Language of the proceedings) | 270-272 | |
Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal | ||
| Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 20 January 1998 – J 7/96 | 443-464 | |
| Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 13 October 1998 – J 26/95 (Language of the proceedings) | 668-686 | |
| Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 6 May 1999 – J 8/98 (Language of the proceedings) | 687-694 | |
| Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 24 March 1999 – J 32/95 | 713-732 | |
Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal | ||
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 5 August 1998 – T 377/95 (Language of the proceedings) | 11-33 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 15 November 1997 – W 1/97 | 33-41 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 5 February 1998 – T 450/97 (Language of the proceedings) | 67-79 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 8 April 1997 – T 207/94 | 273-295 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 3 November 1997 – T 161/96 | 331-345 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.2 dated 21 September 1998 – T 685/98 | 346-356 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 25 November 1998 – T 284/94 (Language of the proceedings) | 464-488 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 16 November 1998 – T 167/97 | 488-495 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 9 October 1998 – T 227/97 | 495-502 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.2 dated 17 December 1998 – T 315/97 | 554-565 | |
| Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 15 April 1999 T 272/95 | 590-608 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 1 July 1998 – T 1173/97 (Language of the proceedings) | 609-632 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.3 dated 17 November 1998 – T 1007/95 | 733-745 |
INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Notices from the EPO | ||
| Request for grant of a European patent | Insert | |
| Binders for the Patent Bulletin and the Official Journal | 49 | |
| 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 | |
| EASY in Sweden | 91 | |
| Notice from the EPO dated 12 February 1999 concerning publication of official notes on the Internet | 133 | |
| Price of advertisements | 134 | |
| Extension of European patents to Slovenia | 183 | |
| Notice dated 1 April 1999 concerning amendment of the European Patent Convention, the Implementing Regulations, and the Rules relating to Fees | 301-310 | |
| Notice dated 13 April 1999 concerning revised Form 1200 | 310-311 | |
| Decisions of the EPO boards of appeal on the Internet | 312 | |
| Concurrent search pilot programme of the Trilateral Offices | 313 | |
| Notice of the EPO concerning changes to the debt recovery procedure | 357 | |
| Notice dated 16 April 1999 concerning the revised Request for Grant form | 359-379 | |
| Notice dated 2 June 1999 concerning correspondence with the Office via e-mail | 509 | |
| Notice dated 26 May 1999 concerning amendment of the Guidelines for examination in the European Patent Office | 510-522 | |
| Notice dated 1 July 1999 concerning the amendment of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention | 573-582 | |
| epoline® Helpdesk at The Hague | 634-635 | |
| The EPO's Vienna sub-office is moving | 634 | |
| Notice dated 13 October 1999 concerning amendment of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention and of the Rules relating to Fees | 696-700 | |
| Standing Advisory Committee before the EPO (SACEPO) | 700-702 | |
| Warning Beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | 746-747 | |
| EPO night letter-box in Munich | 746 | |
Publications | ||
| Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention 1999 | 358 | |
| New edition of the Guidelines for examination in the EPO | 522 | |
| National law relating to the EPC | 635 | |
| EPO Publications: 'Guide for applicants – part 2': PCT procedure before the EPO – 'euro-PCT' | 747 | |
| 10th edition of the 'European Patent Convention' | 747 | |
| Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO | 90 | |
Other information | ||
| List of holidays observed by EPO filing offices and the national patent authorities in 1999 | 46-48 | |
Decisions of the President of the EPO | ||
| Decision of the President of the EPO dated 7 January 1999 implementing the Rules relating to Fees and amending the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes | 42-45 | |
| Decision of the President of the EPO dated 11 December 1998 concerning the application of Rule 84(a) EPC on the late receipt of documents | 45-46 | |
| Decision of the President of the EPO dated 22 December 1998 on the filing of priority documents | 80-81 | |
| Decision of the President of the EPO dated 25 March 1999 concerning the carrying out of international-type searches and the setting of a new fee for such searches | 300-301 | |
| Decision of the President of the EPO dated 3 September 1999 concerning documents excluded from file inspection | 633-634 | |
Notices of the President of the EPO | ||
| Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 8 July 1999 concerning the closing of the European Patent Office on 3 and 4 January 2000 | 572 | |
| Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 30 September 1999 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2000 | 695 | |
Notices of the Vice-Presidents | ||
| Notice from the Vice-President Directorate-General 2 of the EPO dated 28 April 1999 concerning the entrustment to non-examining staff of certain duties normally the responsibility of the examining or opposition divisions | 503-509 | |
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| Official Journal Index, Year 22/1999 | Insert | |
| Legal Advice No. 19/99 – Filing of a translation of the previous application or a declaration under Rule 38(4) EPC | 296-299 | |
| Corrigendum: Legal Advice No. 19/99 (OJ EPO 1999, 296) | 571 |
REPRESENTATION
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination | ||
| Examination Board for the European qualifying examination | 135 | |
| Examination Board | 380 | |
| Examination Board for the European qualifying examination | 50 | |
| 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 | |
| Examination Board for the European qualifying examination | 636-638 | |
List of professional representatives before the EPO | ||
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 50-55 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 95-100 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 135-143 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 184-188 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 315-319 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 396-399 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 528-532 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 583-585 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 639-646 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 704-708 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 749-759 | |
Disciplinary matters | ||
| Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the EPO | 314 | |
| Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the EPO | 523 | |
European qualifying examination | ||
| Application for enrolment for the European qualifying examination 2000 | Insert | |
| Instructions to candidates for preparing their answers | 93-94 | |
| Announcement of the European qualifying examination 2000 | 380-395 | |
| Members of examination committees | 703 | |
| Instructions to candidates concerning the conduct of the examination | 93 | |
| List of references to landmark decisions | 94-95 | |
| Compendium of the papers of the European qualifying examination | 748-749 | |
PRAKTIKA INTERN | ||
| Training at the EPO for patent attorneys | 399 | |
| Training at the EPO for patent attorneys | 523-527 | |
CEIPI | ||
| European patents – Strasbourg seminars to prepare for the EQE 2000, involving the EPO and European patent practitioners | 400-401 | |
CEIPI/epi | ||
| Special Preparatory Course for the CEIPI Seminar on Paper D (legal questions) | 189 | |
| Basic training in European patent law | 190-192 | |
| epi Code of Professional Conduct | 402-403 | |
epi | ||
| epi tutorials 1999 | 143-144 | |
| The Professional Qualification Committee of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO (epi) is looking for tutors | 402 | |
| Examiners are needed for the examination committees | 402 | |
| Council of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO | 533-536 | |
| Code of Conduct of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO | 537-542 | |
| Amended Code of Professional Conduct in force | 537 |
INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
AT Austria | ||
| Amendment of the Patent Law and other laws | 146-148 | |
BE Belgium | ||
| Specific provisions concerning the language system | 320-322 | |
CH Switzerland | ||
| New fee rates for renewal fees | 647 | |
DE Germany | ||
| Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 5 May 1998 – 'Regenbecken' (Rainwater reservoir) 'Interpretation of a patent and assessment of the prior art in opposition and appeal proceedings before the EPO – expert opinion – no binding effect on national revocation proceedings – European patent No. 211 058' | 322-327 | |
| Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 12 May 1998 – 'Shock wave lithotripter' 'Limitation of patent in revocation proceedings' – 'Inventive step – combination of individual features – secondary indicia' (European patent 317 507) | 647-655 | |
| Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 17 February 1999 – 'Kontaktfederblock' (Contact spring set) 'Scope of patent protection – infringement by equivalent means – Formstein objection' | 709 | |
| Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 19 May 1999 – 'Anschraubscharnier' (Screw-on hinge) 'Novelty – public prior use by virtue of delivery' | 710 | |
DK Denmark | ||
| New fee rates | 760 | |
SE Sweden | ||
| New rates for renewal fees | 761 | |
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| Impact of the European Patent Convention on national law | 145-146 | |
| Impact of the European Patent Convention on national law | 149-154 |
FEES
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Rules relating to Fees - Decisions | ||
| Supplement No. 1 to OJ 1/1999 Fees as from 2 March 1999 | Sulement to OJ 1/1999 | |
| Supplement to OJ 5/1999 Fees as from 1 July 1999 | Sulement to OJ 5/1999 | |
| Introduction of the euro and amendment of the Rules relating to Fees | 120-121 | |
| Fee reduction 1999 | 405-408 | |
| Corrigendum: Schedule of fees, costs and prices of the EPO (Supplement to Official Journal No. 5/1999) | 543 | |
| Corrigendum: Schedule of fees, costs and prices of the EPO (Supplement to Official Journal No. 5/1999) | 657 | |
| Reduction in the PCT designation fee | 712 | |
Guidance for the payment of fees | ||
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 167-181 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 244 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 408-423 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 543 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 587 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 657 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 711 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 762-777 | |
Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) | ||
| Supplement to OJ 2/1999 Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) | Sulement to OJ 2/1999 | |
| Important notice concerning the revised version of the Arrangements for deposit accounts | 121 | |
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| Important notice | 56 | |
| Important notice | 330 | |
| Important notice concerning fees | 657 | |
| Important notice concerning fees | 711 | |
| Important notice concerning fees | 762 |
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
General | ||
| Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (situation on 1 March 1999) | 232-243 | |
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 | |
| Report on the hearing of 5 October 1998 on a grace period for patents | 155-165 | |
| Resolution of the European Parliament, dated 19 November 1998 on the Commission Green Paper on the Community patent and the patent system in Europe: Promoting innovation through patents | 193-197 | |
| Communication from the Commission dated 5 February 1999 to the Council, the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee: Promoting innovation through patents – The follow-up to the Green Paper on the Community Patent and the Patent System in Europe | 197-232 | |
PCT | ||
| Accession by South Africa (ZA) | 119 | |
| Accession by the United Arab Emirates (AE) | 119 | |
| Reminder: EASY for international applications | 165-166 | |
| Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT | 328 | |
| Access to PCT files | 329 | |
| Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT | 404 | |
| Accession by the United Republic of Tanzania (TZ) | 586 | |
| Accession by Costa Rica (CR) | 586 | |
| Accession by Dominica (DM) | 586 | |
| Accession by Morocco (MA) | 656 |
Supplements / Special editions
| Supplement to OJ 2/1999 Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) | |
| Supplement to OJ 5/1999 Fees as from 1 July 1999 | |
| Supplement to OJ 1/1999 Fees as from 2 March 1999 | |
| Special edition No. 2, OJ EPO, 1999 Ninth European Patent Judges' Symposium Madrid 6 to 9 October 1998 | |
| Special edition No. 1, OJ EPO, 1999 BOARD OF APPEAL AND ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW 1998 |