European Patent Office
2001

Index

Overview

Index
1 - January
2 - February
3 - March
4 - April
5 - May
6 - June
7 - July
8-9 - August - September
10 - October
11 - November
12 - December
Supplements / Special editions
Special edition No. 1
Supplement 2 to OJ 2/2001
Supplement to OJ 4/2001
Special edition No. 2
Special edition No. 3
Supplement to OJ 11/2001
Special edition No. 4

    Grouped contents, 2001



    EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISATION
    Article
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    Agreement dated 17 October 2000 on the application of Article 65 EPC549
    Agreement on the application of Article 65 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents550-553
    ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
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    Composition of the Administrative Council
    Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at June 2001)317-318
    Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council
    Report on the 83rd meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (5 to 7 December 2000)51-61
    Report on the 85th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (26 to 28 June 2001)363-373
    Decisions of the Administrative Council
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 June 2001 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention373-374
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 June 2001 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention and the Rules relating to fees374-376
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 June 2001 amending the Rules relating to Fees377
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 June 2001 amending the Rules relating to Fees378-380
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 18 October 2001 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention485-487
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 18 October 2001 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention488-491
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 18 October 2001 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention491-492
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 18 October 2001 amending the Rules relating to Fees492-493
    BOARDS OF APPEAL
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    Decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal
    Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 12 July 2000 – G 3/9862-83
    Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 12 July 2000 – G 2/9983
    Opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 27 November 2000 – G 4/98131-147
    Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 2 April 2001 – G 1/99381-400
    Opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 31 May 2001 – G 2/98413-433
    Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal
    Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 31 October 2000 – J 15/98183-190
    Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 27 April 2001 – J 24/96434-440
    Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 21 May 1999 – T 727/951-12
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.3 dated 17 February 2000 – T 631/9713-24
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 30 March 1999 – T 977/9384-102
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 14 June 2000 – T 241/95103-114
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 9 October 2000 – T 736/95 (Language of the proceedings)191-195
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 7 April 2000 – W 6/99196-202
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.2 dated 5 September 2000 – T 473/98231-248
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 26 October 2000 – T 1129/97273-289
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 12 May 2000 – T 728/98319-340
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 8 September 2000 – T 931/95441-457
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.5 dated 23 February 2001 – T 428/98494-508
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.7 dated 30 March 2001 – T 777/98509-520
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.4 dated 6 July 2001 – T 778/00554-562
    INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
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    Notices from the EPO
    Supplement to OJ 4/2001 The electronic filing of European patent applications Sulement to OJ 4/2001
    Notice of 27 November 2000 concerning forms and publications available from the EPO25-31
    Notice concerning the composition for 2001 of the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal32
    Notice concerning the composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and the boards of appeal of the European Patent Office in the 2001 working year33-39
    Binders for the Patent Bulletin and the Official Journal42
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 21 December 2000 concerning amendment of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office115-116
    Replacement sheets for the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO116
    Opposition procedure in the EPO148-155
    Notice concerning the composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and the boards of appeal of the European Patent Office in the 2001 working year203
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 28 May 2001 about Internet access to the Online European Patent Register249-250
    CDS – the Client Database Systems Project251-252
    2nd Line Customer Services (2LCS)42
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 31 August 2001 concerning amendment of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office464
    Notice dated 1 October 2001 concerning new patent application numbering system for 2002465-467
    Replacement sheets for the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO465
    Information desk, electronic library and main library move to PschorrHöfe468
    Box number advertisements468
    Notice dated 1 October 2001 concerning the introduction of the euro524-525
    Information desk, electronic library and main library move to PschorrHöfe525
    Notice dated 16 November 2001 concerning revised Form 1200564-585
    Notice dated 1 December 2001 concerning amendments to the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention and the Rules relating to Fees586-590
    Publications
    Information regarding the publication of European patent documents New publication system for corrections to A and B documents117-119
    Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention – edition 2001290
    Other information
    List of holidays observed by EPO filing offices and the national patent authorities in 200140-41
    Decisions of the President of the EPO
    Decision of the President of the EPO dated 7 September 2001 concerning documents excluded from file inspection458-459
    Decision of the President of the EPO dated 6 September 2001 implementing the Rules relating to Fees and amending the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes521-522
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 November 2001 concerning the number of copies to be filed of the documents making up the European patent application563
    Notices of the President of the EPO
    Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 1 October 2001 concerning the programme for accelerated prosecution of European patent applications – 'PACE'459-463
    Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 29 August 2001 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2002523
    Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 19 October 2001 concerning the incidents of 11 September 2001 in the USA563-564
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    Official Journal Index, Year 24/2001Insert
    REPRESENTATION
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    Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination
    Examination Board for the European qualifying examination120-121
    Members of the examination committees291
    Examination Board for the European qualifying examination469-471
    Examination Board for the European qualifying examination591
    List of professional representatives before the EPO
    List of professional representatives before the EPO43-49
    List of professional representatives before the EPO123-127
    List of professional representatives before the EPO156-163
    List of professional representatives before the EPO205-211
    List of professional representatives before the EPO253-258
    List of professional representatives before the EPO307-311
    List of professional representatives before the EPO346-352
    List of professional representatives before the EPO401-407
    List of professional representatives before the EPO472-478
    List of professional representatives before the EPO528-533
    List of professional representatives before the EPO591-598
    Disciplinary matters
    Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office122
    Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office204
    European qualifying examination
    Appointment of members of the Examination Board and examination committees120
    Announcement of the European qualifying examination 2002291-306
    Appointment of members of an examination committee526-527
    Notice from the Examination Secretariat: Compendium of the papers of the European qualifying examination527-528
    PRAKTIKA INTERN
    PRAKTIKA INTERN 2002: Training at the EPO for patent attorneys341-345
    CEIPI/epi
    Basic training in European patent law212-214
    European patents – Strasbourg seminars to prepare for the EQE 2002, involving the European Patent Office and European patent practitioners312-313
    Basic training in European patent law352
    Special Preparatory Course for the CEIPI Seminar on Paper D (legal questions)353
    INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
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    GB United Kingdom
    Decision of the Court of Appeal of 20 March 2000408-411
    BE Belgium
    Holidays observed by the Belgian Patent Office in 2001164
    National fees in euro534-535
    National fees in euro535-536
    National fees in euro536-537
    National fees in euro537-538
    National fees in euro599-600
    National fees in euro600
    DE Germany
    Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) dated 27 October 1998 (X ZR 56/96) – 'Sammelförderer' (Collecting conveyor) 'Interpretation of (European) patent – doctrine of equivalents' – 'EP 095 603'215
    Judgment of the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) of 2 March 1999 (X ZR 85/96) – ' Spannschraube' (Clamping screw) 'Interpretation and extent of protection of a (European) patent – interpretation according to the overall content of the patent specification – understanding of a person skilled in the art – patent specification as its own glossary – equivalent embodiment (denied) – EP 0 319 521 – rules of interpretation'259-270
    DK Denmark
    New fee rates314-315
    New fee rates479-480
    New fee rates479
    SE Sweden
    New rates for renewal fees481
    TR Turkey
    Impact of the European Patent Convention on national law354-360
    FEES
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    Rules relating to Fees - Decisions
    Supplement No. 2 to OJ 2/2001 Schedule of fees as from 6 March 2001 Sulement 2 to OJ 2/2001
    Supplement to OJ 11/2001 Schedule of fees and costs of the EPO (effective as from 3 January 2002) Sulement to OJ 11/2001
    New prices for patent information products and services271
    Decision of the President of the EPO dated 28 September 2001 revising the Office's fees and costs543-546
    Guidance for the payment of fees
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices50
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices165-181
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices230
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices271
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices316
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices362
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices412
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices484
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices547
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices613-619
    Bank and giro accounts of the European Patent Organisation
    Bank accounts in Spain272
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    Important notice concerning fees129
    Important notice129
    Important notice concerning fees165
    Important notice concerning fees230
    Important notice concerning fees271
    Important notice concerning fees316
    Important notice concerning fees362
    Important notice concerning fees412
    Important notice concerning fees484
    Important notice concerning fees50
    Important notice concerning fees547
    Important notice concerning fees613
    Fees payable under the PCT
    SE Sweden484
    INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
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    General
    Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (situation on 1 March 2001)216-229
    PCT
    Accession by the Republic of Colombia (CO)128
    Accession by the Republic of Ecuador (EC)229
    Accession by the Republic of the Philippines (PH)361
    Accession by the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (GQ)361
    Business methods482-483
    Accession by the Republic of Zambia (ZM)483
    Accession by the Sultanate of Oman (OM)483
    Notice of the President of the EPO dated 2 November 2001 concerning rationalisation of international preliminary examination procedure at the EPO539-542
    Accession by the Republic of Tunisia (TN)542
    Amended Agreement between the European Patent Organisation and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)601-609
    Budapest Treaty
    International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities610-612

    Supplements / Special editions

    Supplement to OJ 4/2001
    The electronic filing of European patent applications
    Supplement to OJ 11/2001
    Schedule of fees and costs of the EPO (effective as from 3 January 2002)
    Supplement 2 to OJ 2/2001
    Schedule of fees as from 6 March 2001
    Special edition No. 2, OJ EPO, 2001
    10th European Patent Judges' Symposium Luxembourg 19 to 23 September 2000
    Special edition No. 1, OJ EPO, 2001
    Diplomatic Conference 2000 20 to 29 November 2000
    Special edition No. 3, OJ EPO, 2001
    EPO Board of Appeal Case Law in 2000
    Special edition No. 4, OJ EPO, 2001
    REVISION OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION (DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE 2000)

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