Grouped contents, 2005
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
Article | Page(s) | View |
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Composition of the Administrative Council | ||
| Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at December 2004) | 85-87 | |
| Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at May 2005) | 341-343 | |
| Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at July 2005) | 473-475 | |
Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council | ||
| Report on the 100th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (7 to 9 December 2004) | 1-4 | |
| Report on the 102nd meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (7 to 10 June 2005) | 415-421 | |
Decisions of the Administrative Council | ||
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 9 December 2004 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention and the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 18/04) | 5-7 | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 9 December 2004 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 19/04) | 8-9 | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 9 December 2004 amending the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 21/04) | 10 | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 9 December 2004 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention and the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 22/04) | 11-12 | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 10 June 2005 reducing the fee for the supplementary European search where the international search report was drawn up by the Austrian Patent Office, by the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office or by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office (CA/D 3/05) | 422-423 | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 27 October 2005 amending the European Patent Convention | 545-546 | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 27 October 2005 clarifying Article 2 of decision CA/D 3/05 reducing the fee for the supplementary European search where the international search report was drawn up by the Austrian Patent Office, by the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office or by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office | 546-547 | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 27 October 2005 concerning cases where the search fee for the supplementary European search is to be reduced (CA/D 10/05) | 548 |
BOARDS OF APPEAL
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Information from the Boards of Appeal of the EPO | ||
| Supplement No. 1 to OJ 1/2005 Presidium and Business distribution 2005 | Sulement to OJ 1/2005 | |
Information from the Enlarged Board of Appeal | ||
| Referrals by boards of appeal | 13 | |
| Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 28 January 2005 – G 3/03 | 344-356 | |
| Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 25 May 2005 – G 2/04 | 549-576 | |
Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal | ||
| Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 4 February 2004 – J 2/01 | 88-109 | |
| Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 4 October 2004 – J 28/03 | 597-605 | |
Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal | ||
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 23 July 2004 – T 1091/02 | 14-40 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.2 dated 13 July 2004 – T 1158/01 | 110-121 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 1 October 2004 – T 383/03 | 159-168 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 15 September 2003 – T 998/99 | 229-239 | |
| Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.5 dated 27 October 2004 – T 1007/01 | 240-245 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.8 dated 6 July 2004 – T 315/03 | 246-247 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.2 dated 4 October 2004 – T 1110/03 | 302-311 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.6 dated 31 January 2005 – T 1181/04 | 312-322 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 16 March 2005 – T 1255/04 | 323-324 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 16 March 2005 – T 1255/04 | 424-430 | |
| Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.8 dated 14 October 2004 – T 890/02 | 497-518 |
INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Notices from the EPO | ||
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 6 December 2004 concerning the filing of patent applications and other documents | 44-48 | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 23 November 2004 concerning the launch of Register Plus | 49 | |
| Notice of 26 November 2004 concerning forms and publications available from the EPO | 50-56 | |
| Notice from the EPO dated 22 December 2004 concerning the introduction of electronic publication of European patent applications (A-documents) and European patent specifications (B-documents) as well as changes to Rules 51(4), 54 and 108 EPC | 126-131 | |
| Notice regarding the Administrative Agreement between the DPMA and the EPO concerning receipt of documents | 248-249 | |
| New EPO Customer Services unit | 250 | |
| New microsite on legislative initiatives in European patent law | 325 | |
| Notice from the EPO dated 1 March 2005 concerning Register Plus, the new way of accessing the Online European Patent Register and Online Public File Inspection | 326 | |
| Notice from the EPO dated 26 April 2005 concerning the new postcode for its Munich headquarters at Erhardtstrasse 27 | 363 | |
| New address database and standardised layout for communications from the EPO | 365 | |
| Notice from the EPO dated 23 May 2005 concerning the July 2005 update of the Request for Grant form (Form 1001) | 366-392 | |
| Notice from the EPO dated 1 July 2005 concerning new Rule 44a EPC (introduction of the extended European search report), amendments to Articles 2 and 10 RFees and reduction of the search fee for supplementary European search reports under Article 157(3)(b) EPC | 435-440 | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 25 June 2005 concerning amendment of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office | 440-443 | |
| Termination of the Administrative Agreement between the DPMA and the EPO concerning receipt of documents and payments | 444-445 | |
| Notice from the EPO dated 28 October 2005 concerning the search and examination fees | 577-583 | |
| Binders for the Official Journal | 57 | |
| Annex to the Notice from the EPO dated 28 October 2005 concerning the search and examination fees | 583-587 | |
| Notice from the EPO dated 2 November 2005 concerning divisional applications | 606 | |
Publications | ||
| Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention – edition 2005 | 446 | |
Other information | ||
| List of holidays observed by EPO filing offices and the national patent authorities in 2005 | 248 | |
| List of holidays observed by EPO filing offices and the national patent authorities in 2005 | 57-61 | |
| List of holidays observed by EPO filing offices and the national patent authorities in 2005 | 364 | |
Decisions of the President of the EPO | ||
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 6 December 2004 on the use of facsimile for filing patent applications and other documents | 41-43 | |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 December 2004 concerning the content and form of the certificate for a European patent, and the procedure for issuing it | 122-123 | |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 December 2004 concerning the form of publication of European patent applications, European search reports and European patent specifications | 124 | |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 December 2004 concerning amendment of the Schedule of fees and costs of the European Patent Office | 125 | |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 1 July 2005 concerning the refund of search fees under Article 10(2) of the Rules relating to Fees | 431-432 | |
Notices of the President of the EPO | ||
| Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 1 July 2005 concerning the criteria for refund of search fees | 433-435 | |
| Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 1 August 2005 concerning the events of 7 July 2005 in London (United Kingdom) | 476 | |
| Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 June 2005 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2006 | 477 | |
| Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 19 September 2005 concerning the problems caused by Hurricane Katrina in the USA on 28 August 2005 | 519 | |
| Corrigendum: Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 1 July 2005 concerning the criteria for refund of search fees | 520 | |
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| Official Journal Index, Year 28/2005 | Insert | |
| Legal advice No. 15/05 (rev. 2) – Auxiliary requests in examination and opposition proceedings | 357-362 |
REPRESENTATION
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination | ||
| List of references to landmark decisions | 169 | |
| Examination results | 169 | |
| Appointment of members of the Examination Board and examination committees | 62 | |
| Examination Board for the European qualifying examination | 393-394 | |
| Appointment of members of the Examination Board and examination committees | 521 | |
| Examination results | 522-526 | |
| Examination results | 588 | |
| Appointment of members of the examination committees | 607-608 | |
List of professional representatives before the EPO | ||
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 63-75 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 132-143 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 207-214 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 251-263 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 328-338 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 395-405 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 447-453 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 478-483 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 527-536 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 589-594 | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | 611-627 | |
Disciplinary matters | ||
| Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office | 327 | |
European qualifying examination | ||
| Supplement No. 1 to OJ 12/2005 Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives as from 1 May 1994 | Sulement to OJ 12/2005 | |
| Announcement of the European qualifying examination 2006 | 170-203 | |
| Notice from the Examination Secretariat | 609-610 | |
PRAKTIKA INTERN | ||
| PRAKTIKA INTERN 2006: In-house training programme for patent professionals | 454-455 | |
CEIPI/epi | ||
| Basic training in European patent law | 264-266 | |
| epi Tutorials 2005 | 267 | |
| European patents – Strasbourg seminars to prepare for the EQE 2006, involving the European Patent Office and European patent practitioners | 406-408 | |
| Introductory courses for CEIPI seminars on Papers C (Opposition) and D (Legal Questions) | 408-409 | |
| Special course on Paper C (Opposition) for 'multiple resitters' | 410-411 | |
| Council of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office | 456-462 |
INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
AT Austria | ||
| New fee rates | 221-222 | |
| New fee rates | 223-224 | |
| New fee rates | 484-485 | |
| New fee rates | 486-487 | |
| New fee rates | 487 | |
| New fee rates | 489-490 | |
| New fee rates | 537-538 | |
LV Latvia – Extension state | ||
| Payment of fees in Latvia | 488 | |
CH/LI Switzerland/Liechtenstein | ||
| New amounts of fees | 147-148 | |
| New amounts of fees | 412 | |
| New amounts of fees | 412 | |
CZ Czech Republic | ||
| New fee rates and legal provisions | 144 | |
DE Germany | ||
| Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) dated 25 November 2003 (X ZR 162/00) – Diabehältnis (Slide container) | 145 | |
| Decision of the Bundespatentgericht (Federal Patents Court) dated 6 May 2003 (21 W (par) 12/02) – 'Rentabilität eines medizinischen Geräts' (Profitability of a medical apparatus) | 215-221 | |
| Decision of the Bundespatentgericht (Federal Patents Court) dated 10 May 2004 (20 W (pat) 314/02) – 'Preisgünstigste Telefonverbingung' (Cheapest telephone connection) 'Technical contribution to the state of the art – inventive step' | 268-278 | |
EE Estonia | ||
| Payment of fees in Estonia | 339 | |
ES Spain | ||
| Fee payment in Spain | 485 | |
GB United Kingdom | ||
| Decision of the House of Lords of 21 October 2004 | 539-542 | |
SE Sweden | ||
| Fee payment in Sweden | 82 | |
SK Slovakia | ||
| Payment of renewal fees for European patents in Slovakia | 146 | |
| Payment of fees in Slovakia | 491-492 | |
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| Bank accounts of national patent offices | 76-81 |
FEES
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
Rules relating to Fees - Decisions | ||
| Supplement to OJ 2/2005 Schedule of fees and costs of the EPO (effective as from 1 April 2005) | Sulement to OJ 2/2005 | |
| Supplement to OJ 8-9/2005 Schedule of fees and costs of the EPO (effective as from 1 July 2005) | Sulement to OJ 8-9/2005 | |
| Supplement No. 2 to OJ 12/2005 Schedule of fees and costs of the EPO (effective as from 1 July 2005) | Sulement 2 to OJ 12/2005 | |
| Corrigendum: Important fees for European patent applications (OJ EPO 7/2005, 470) | 495 | |
Guidance for the payment of fees | ||
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 83 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 150-158 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 228 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 298 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 340 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 413 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 466-472 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 495 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 544 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 595 | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | 628-635 | |
Bank and giro accounts of the European Patent Organisation | ||
| Bank and giro accounts of the European Patent Organisation | 495 | |
Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) | ||
| Supplement No. 2 to OJ 1/2005 Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) and their annexes | Sulement 2 to OJ 1/2005 | |
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| Important Notice concerning fees | 83 |
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
Article | Page(s) | View |
|---|---|---|
General | ||
| Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (situation on 1 March 2005) | 279-297 | |
PCT | ||
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 1 December 2004 concerning prolongation of the limitation of the EPO's competence as a PCT Authority | 149 | |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 26 January 2005 concerning the late furnishing fee under Rule 13ter PCT | 225 | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 1 March 2005 concerning the protest procedure under the PCT (lack of unity) | 226-227 | |
| Accession to the PCT by the Union of the Comoros (KM) | 227 | |
| Accession by the Federal Republic of Nigeria (NG) | 297 | |
| Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 1 July 2005 concerning revised amounts of the refund of search fees in the light of introduction of the extended European search report as from 1 July 2005 | 463-465 | |
| EPO policy when acting as IPEA for applications filed on or after 1 January 2004 | 493-494 | |
| Accession to the PCT by the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (LY) | 494 | |
| Accession by Saint Kitts and Nevis (KN) | 543 |
Supplements / Special editions
| Supplement 2 to OJ 1/2005 Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) and their annexes | |
| Supplement to OJ 2/2005 Schedule of fees and costs of the EPO (effective as from 1 April 2005) | |
| Supplement to OJ 8-9/2005 Schedule of fees and costs of the EPO (effective as from 1 July 2005) | |
| Supplement 2 to OJ 12/2005 Schedule of fees and costs of the EPO (effective as from 1 July 2005) | |
| Supplement to OJ 12/2005 Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives as from 1 May 1994 | |
| Special edition, OJ EPO, 2005 12th European Patent Judges' Symposium Brussels | |
| Special edition No. 1, OJ EPO, 2005 EPO Board of Appeal Case Law in 2004 | |
| Supplement to OJ 1/2005 Presidium and Business distribution 2005 |