Grouped contents, 2002
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Composition of the Administrative Council | ||
| Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at May 2002) | 345-346 | |
| Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at November 2002) | 566-567 | |
Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council | ||
| Report on the 87th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (11 to 13 December 2001) | 69-82 | |
| Report on the 89th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (4 to 7 June 2002, Stockholm) | 415-428 | |
Decisions of the Administrative Council | ||
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 13 December 2001 amending the Rules relating to Fees (Article 10) | 1-2 | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 13 December 2001 amending Rule 29(2) EPC | 2-3 | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 7 June 2002 amending the Regulation on the establishment of an Institute of professional representatives before the European Patent Office | 429-430 | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 24 October 2002 amending the Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives | 565-566 |
BOARDS OF APPEAL
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Information from the Boards of Appeal of the EPO | ||
| Supplement to OJ 1/2002 Presidium and Business distribution 2002 | Sulement to OJ 1/2002 | |
Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal | ||
| Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 10 May 2001 – J 14/00 | 432-441 | |
Decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal | ||
| Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 18 February 2002 – G 3/99 | 347-363 | |
| Referral by the President of the European Patent Office | 431 | |
| Referral by the President of the EPO under Article 112(1)(b) EPC following divergent decisions by two boards of appeal Case pending as G 1/02 | 466-475 | |
Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal | ||
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 29 June 2001 – T 964/99 | 4-19 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.6 dated 28 May 2001 – T 298/97 | 83-111 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 9 August 2001 – T 4/98 | 139-160 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.5 dated 21 May 2001 – T 97/98 | 183-191 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 7 September 2001 – T 295/01 | 251-258 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 18 December 2001 – T 9/00 | 275-292 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 23 August 2001 – T 789/96 | 364-371 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.6 dated 17 September 2001 – T 323/97 | 476-497 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 7 February 2001 – T 226/98 | 498-514 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 31 October 2001 – T 1080/99 | 568-589 | |
Decisions of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal | ||
| Decision of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 6 March 2001 – D 20/99 | 19-26 |
INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Notices of the Vice-Presidents | ||
| Notice from the Vice-President Directorate-General 3 dated 3 July 2002 concerning the publication of decisions of the boards of appeal of the European Patent Office | 442 | |
Notices from the EPO | ||
| Notice of 26 November 2001 concerning forms and publications available from the EPO | 30-36 | |
| Binders for the Patent Bulletin and the Official Journal | 37 | |
| Notice dated 9 January 2002 concerning amendment of Rules 25(1), 29(2) and 51 EPC | 112-115 | |
| Warning – Beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | 163 | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office concerning the requirement to file a translation of the previous application or a declaration under Rule 38(5) EPC if the EPO adds a copy of the previous application to the file | 192 | |
| New layout for communications from the European Patent Office | 193 | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 26 March 2002 concerning business methods | 260-261 | |
| Notice dated 1 June 2002 concerning the electronic filing of European patent applications and subsequent documents | 372-373 | |
| Closure of the EPO premises Munich Erhardtstraße | 372 | |
| Notice dated 18 June 2002 concerning mail addressed to the European Patent Office | 374-375 | |
| Notice dated 4 July 2002 concerning the revised Request for Grant form | 375-394 | |
| Warning – Beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | 443 | |
| Notice dated 1 October 2002 concerning the discontinuation of the EP-EASY project | 515-516 | |
| Notice dated 29 October 2002 concerning the electronic filing of patent applications and other documents | 545-548 | |
| Notice dated 10 October 2002 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2003 | 549 | |
| Decision of the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal dated 15 July 2002 concerning the transfer of functions to the Registrars of the Boards of Appeal | 590 | |
| Trilateral Statistical Report for 2001 | 591 | |
Publications | ||
| Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office | 163-164 | |
| 11th edition of the 'European Patent Convention' | 310 | |
| Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention – edition 2002 | 395 | |
| New edition of the Guide for applicants (Part 2) – 'Euro-PCT' | 516 | |
Other information | ||
| List of holidays observed by EPO filing offices and the national patent authorities in 2002 | 27-29 | |
Decisions of the President of the EPO | ||
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 21 January 2002 concerning the payment of fees and costs at the Information Office in Munich | 162 | |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 April 2002 concerning the fees for enrolment for the European qualifying examination for professional representatives and the fee for appeals against decisions of the Examination Board or the Examination Secretariat | 309 | |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 29 October 2002 on the electronic filing of patent applications and other documents | 543-544 | |
Decisions of the examining and opposition divisions | ||
| Decision of the opposition division dated 20 June 2001 | 293-308 | |
* * * | ||
| Official Journal Index, Year 25/2002 | Insert | |
| Cancellation of Legal advice notice: No. 14/83 (OJ EPO 1983, 189) | 161 | |
| Cancellation of Legal advice notice: No. 18/92 (OJ EPO 1992, 48) | 259 |
REPRESENTATION
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
epi | ||
| Council of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office | 449 | |
Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination | ||
| European qualifying examination | 262 | |
| Appointment of members of the Examination Board and examination committees | 311 | |
| Corrigendum: Members of the examination committeees | 396 | |
| European qualifying examination | 517-520 | |
| European qualifying examination | 550-551 | |
List of professional representatives before the EPO | ||
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 38-47 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 118-125 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 165-174 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 195-209 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 263-268 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 327-330 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 396-399 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 444-447 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 521-533 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 553-557 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 592-609 | |
Disciplinary matters | ||
| Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office | 194 | |
European qualifying examination | ||
| Instructions to invigilators | 116-117 | |
| Instructions to candidates concerning the conduct of the examination | 116 | |
| Examination results | 117 | |
| List of references to landmark decisions | 117 | |
| Announcement of the European qualifying examination 2003 | 311-326 | |
| Notice from the Examination Secretariat | 551-552 | |
PRAKTIKA INTERN | ||
| PRAKTIKA INTERN 2003: Programme of in-house traineeship for professionals in the patent field | 400 | |
| PRAKTIKA INTERN 2003: In-house training programme for patent professionals | 533-537 | |
CEIPI | ||
| Special Preparatory Course for the CEIPI Seminar on Paper D (legal questions) | 401 | |
| European patents – Strasbourg seminars to prepare for the EQE 2003, involving the European Patent Office and European patent practitioners | 448-449 | |
CEIPI/epi | ||
| Basic training in European patent law | 269-271 | |
| epi BOARD MEMBERS, epi COUNCIL MEMBERS | 450-453 |
INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
AT Austria | ||
| National fees in euro | 48-49 | |
| National fees in euro | 49-50 | |
| National fees in euro | 50-51 | |
| National fees in euro | 126-127 | |
| National fees in euro | 210-211 | |
| National fees in euro | 211-212 | |
| National fees in euro | 212-213 | |
DE Germany | ||
| Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 13 March 2001(X ZR 155/98) – Casing element (Schalungselement) 'Novelty – Public prior use through incorporation of the patented object – Confidentiality agreement' (EP 092 693) | 272 | |
| Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 11 September 2001 (X ZR 168/98) | 331-342 | |
| Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 17 October 2001 (X ZB 16/00) – 'Search for incorrect strings' 'Admissibility of claims for computer programs and storage media – technical character of computer programs – unity of invention' | 402-412 | |
| Decision of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 11 May 2000 (X ZB 15/98) – Sprachanalyseeinrichtung (Language analysis device) 'Technical character of a computer – Inventive step of subject-matters encompassing technical and non-technical elements' | 454-461 | |
DK Denmark | ||
| Payment of fees in Denmark | 538 | |
FI Finland | ||
| Payment of fees in Finland | 538 | |
GB United Kingdom | ||
| Judgement of the Patents Court Dyson Appliances Ltd. v. Hoover Ltd. – 'Vacuum cleaner' | 128-136 | |
TR Turkey | ||
| New fee rates | 558 |
FEES
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Rules relating to Fees - Decisions | ||
| Notice from the President of the EPO dated 13 December 2001 concerning refund of search fees | 56-57 | |
| Consolidated text of the Rules relating to Fees | 58-59 | |
| Rules relating to Fees of 20 October 1977 as last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 13 December 2001 | 59-68 | |
Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) | ||
| Supplement to OJ 2/2002 Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) and their annexes (valid as at 1 March 2002) | Sulement to OJ 2/2002 | |
| Important notice concerning the revised version of the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes | 137 | |
Guidance for the payment of fees | ||
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 137 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 68 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 177-182 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 248 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 273 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 343 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 414 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 462 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 540 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 559-564 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 610 | |
Bank and giro accounts of the European Patent Organisation | ||
| Euro accounts of the European Patent Organisation | Insert | |
| Bank and giro accounts of the European Patent Organisation | 540 |
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
EC Treaty | ||
| Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities dated 9 October 2001 (Case C-377/98, Kingdom of the Netherlands v. European Parliament and Council of the European Union) – Biotechnology Directive | 231-246 | |
General | ||
| Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (situation on 1 March 2002) | 214-230 | |
PCT | ||
| Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 26 November 2001 concerning limitation of the EPO's competence as a PCT authority | 52-55 | |
| Information from the European Patent Office concerning limitations of the EPO's competence as a PCT authority | 175-176 | |
| Designated Offices to which the modified (30-month) time limit under Article 22(1) PCT will not apply | 246-247 | |
| Accession by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VC) | 413 | |
| Accession by the Seychelles (SC) | 539 |