European Patent Office
2007

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 to OJ 1/2007
Special edition No. 2
Special edition No. 3
Special edition No. 6
Supplement to OJ 10/2007
Special edition No. 7
Special edition No. 5
Supplement to OJ 11/2007
Supplement to OJ 12/2007
Special edition No. 4

    Grouped contents, 2007



    EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISATION
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    Malta accedes to the European Patent Convention1-2
    Norway accedes to the European Patent Convention531-532
    Croatia accedes to the European Patent Convention637-638
    ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
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    Composition of the Administrative Council
    Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at December 2006)5-7
    Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at March 2007)201-203
    Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at May 2007)357-359
    Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at July 2007)465-467
    Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at November 2007)639-641
    Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council
    Report on the 108th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (5 to 7 December 2006)3-4
    Report on the 110th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (26 to 29 June 2007)461-464
    Decisions of the Administrative Council
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 7 December 2006 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention 20008-9
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 7 December 2006 amending the Rules relating to Fees10-11
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 7 December 2006 amending Articles 8, 9 and 10 of the Regulation on the Establishment of an Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office12-15
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 7 December 2006 approving amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (CA/D 15/06)303-311
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 25 October 2007 amending the Rules relating to Fees533-536
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 25 October 2007 approving amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office536-547
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 25 October 2007 approving amendments to the Additional Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office548-551
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 25 October 2007 approving amendments to the Additional Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Committee of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office and of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office552-556
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 25 October 2007 dispensing with the supplementary European search where the international search report was drawn up by the European Patent Office and reducing the fee for the supplementary European search where the international search report was drawn up by the Austrian Patent Office, the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, the Swedish Patent and Registration Office or the Nordic Patent Institute642-643
    BOARDS OF APPEAL
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    Information from the Boards of Appeal of the EPO
    Supplement to OJ 1/2007 Presidium and Business distribution 2007 Sulement to OJ 1/2007
    Information from the Enlarged Board of Appeal
    Information from the Enlarged Board of Appeal312
    Communication from the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning case G 1/07360-361
    Communication from the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning case G 2/07468-469
    Decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal
    Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 7 December 2006 – G 1/05362-377
    Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.02 dated 22 March 2006 – T 388/0416-26
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.02 dated 22 March 2006 – T 619/0263-93
    Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.03 dated 30 March 2006 – T 1409/05113-138
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.04 dated 29 October 2004 – T 1020/03204-257
    Interlocutory Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.08 dated 7 April 2006 – T 1374/04313-343
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.01 dated 20 October 2006 – T 1242/04421-438
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.01 dated 31 January 2007 – T 439/06491-501
    Interlocutory Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.01 dated 20 October 2006 – T 992/03557-573
    Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.01 dated 13 December 2006 – T 1227/05574-588
    Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.04 dated 22 May 2007 – T 83/05644-669
    Decisions of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal
    Decision of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 17 July 2006 – D 7/05378-405
    INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
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    Notices from the EPO
    Notice dated 9 October 2006 concerning updated EPO Form 1004.127-34
    Notice of 27 November 2006 concerning forms and publications available from the EPO35-41
    Binders for the Official Journal46
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 16 January 2007 regarding the Utilisation Pilot Project96-99
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 January 2007 concerning the launch of Online Filing software version 3.20139-140
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 30 January 2007 concerning the decision to cease to accept European and international patent applications produced with version 2.10 or any earlier version of the epoline® Online Filing software140-141
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 1 February 2007 concerning longer access times for Online Fee Payment142
    Notice dated 13 February 2007 concerning an updated version of the Request for Grant form (Form 1001)143-147
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 8 March 2007 concerning the direct applicability of Article 70(7) of the TRIPS Agreement in Spain to European patent applications filed prior to the expiry of the reservation entered by Spain under Article 167 EPC258-260
    Draft EPC 2000 Guidelines344
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 23 May 2007 concerning the Co-operation and Extension Agreement with the former State Union of Serbia and Montenegro406-407
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 18 June 2007 following up on the Notice dated 8 March 2007 concerning the issue of the direct applicability of Article 70(7) of the TRIPS Agreement in Spain to European patent applications filed prior to the expiry of the reservation entered by Spain under Article 167(2)(a) EPC439-441
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 25 June 2007, regarding the automatic exchange of priority documents between the European Patent Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office472
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 27 June 2007 concerning practical aspects of the electronic exchange of priority documents between the EPO and the USPTO473-476
    Discontinuation of standard and special searches by the European Patent Office477
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 September 2007 on implementation of the transitional provisions of the EPC 2000 applicable during the transition from the EPC 1973 to the EPC 2000504-507
    Open Day in Munich, 4 December 2007507-508
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 1 October 2007 concerning amendment of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office589-592
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 1 October 2007 concerning business methods592-593
    Examination of computer-implemented inventions at the European Patent Office with particular attention to computer-implemented business methods594-600
    Standing Advisory Committee before the EPO (SACEPO)601-602
    Publications
    Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention – edition 2007442
    National law relating to the EPC46
    13th edition of the 'European Patent Convention'478
    Other information
    List of holidays observed by EPO filing offices and the national patent authorities in 200742-45
    Decisions of the President of the EPO
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 9 January 2007 on the filing of priority documents94-95
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 25 June 2007 on the filing of priority documents470-471
    Notices of the President of the EPO
    Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 3 August 2007 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2008502
    Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 7 August 2007 concerning the extension of time limits according to Rule 85 EPC503
    Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 November 2007 concerning the extension of time limits according to Rule 85 EPC670
    Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 November 2007 concerning the wildfires in Southern California, USA, on 22 October 2007671
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    Official Journal Index, Year 30/2007Insert
    REPRESENTATION
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    Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination
    Appointment of members of examination committees47
    Appointment of members of examination committees148
    List of references to landmark decisions149
    Appointment of members of examination committees408
    Appointment of members of examination committees479
    Examination results479
    Examination results509-512
    Appointment of members of examination committees509
    Appointment of members of the examination committees603-604
    Examination results672
    Appointment of members of examination committees672
    List of professional representatives before the EPO
    List of professional representatives before the EPO48-56
    List of professional representatives before the EPO100-105
    List of professional representatives before the EPO188-198
    List of professional representatives before the EPO261-268
    List of professional representatives before the EPO345-351
    List of professional representatives before the EPO409-418
    List of professional representatives before the EPO443-450
    List of professional representatives before the EPO480-485
    List of professional representatives before the EPO513-527
    List of professional representatives before the EPO605-616
    List of professional representatives before the EPO673-682
    Disciplinary matters
    Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office187
    Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office479
    European qualifying examination
    Supplement to OJ 12/2007 Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives as from 1 May 1994 Sulement to OJ 12/2007
    Announcement of the European qualifying examination 2008150-186
    PRAKTIKA INTERN
    In-house training programme for patent professionals451-452
    CEIPI
    European qualifying examination 2008269-271
    II. CEIPI Preparatory Seminars for the European qualifying examination 2008, for Papers AB and C in November 2007, for Paper D in January 2008, Strasbourg271-274
    Special course on Paper C (Opposition) for 'multiple resitters'275-276
    CEIPI/epi
    Basic training in European patent law277-279
    European qualifying examination 2008 – Paper C (Opposition)452-454
    INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
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    BE Belgium
    New rates for renewal fees683
    CH Switzerland
    Change of address352
    Change of address354
    ES Spain
    New fee rates106-107
    New fee rates455-457
    New fee rates487-488
    FR France
    Payment of fees in France108
    GB United Kingdom
    Change of name353
    IT Italy
    Payment of national patent fees – Corrigendum486-487
    LV Latvia
    New telephone and fax numbers457
    New telephone and fax numbers528
    Impact of the European Patent Convention on national law684-691
    PT Portugal
    New fax number and e-mail address528
    SE Sweden
    New fees57
    TR Turkey
    New amounts of fees109
    FEES
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    Bank and giro accounts of the European Patent Organisation
    Important notice (bank accounts and giro accounts)458-460
    Important notice (postal giro accounts)489
    Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA)
    Supplement to OJ 10/2007 Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) and their annexes (valid from the entry into force of the Revision Act of 29 November 2000) Sulement to OJ 10/2007
    Rules relating to Fees - Decisions
    Supplement to OJ 11/2007 Schedule of fees and expenses applicable as from 13 December 2007 Sulement to OJ 11/2007
    Schedule of fees and expenses applicable as from 13 December 2007Insert
    Fees for international applications529
    Abolition of payment by cheque626
    Fees for international applications696
    Guidance for the payment of fees
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices61
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices111
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices199
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices301
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices355
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices419
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices460
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices489
    Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices529
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices627-635
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices696
    INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
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    General
    Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (situation on 1 March 2007)280-300
    PCT
    Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 7 November 2006 concerning the termination of PCT-EASY filings with the European Patent Office as receiving Office under the PCT as from 1 April 200758-59
    Accession to the PCT by Malta (MT)60
    Accession to the PCT by the Kingdom of Bahrain (BH)110
    Accession to the PCT by the Dominican Republic (DO)300
    New Agreement between the European Patent Organisation and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization617-625
    Accession to the PCT by the Republic of Angola (AO)625
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 7 November 2007 concerning the withdrawal of reservations under the PCT692-695

    Supplements / Special editions

    Supplement to OJ 12/2007
    Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives as from 1 May 1994
    Special edition No. 2, OJ EPO, 2007
    13th European Patent Judges' Symposium Thessaloniki – 12 to 16 September 2006
    Supplement to OJ 11/2007
    Schedule of fees and expenses applicable as from 13 December 2007
    Supplement to OJ 10/2007
    Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) and their annexes (valid from the entry into force of the Revision Act of 29 November 2000)
    Special edition No. 1, OJ EPO, 2007
    Revision of the European Patent Convention (EPC 2000) New texts relevant for patent practitioners
    Special edition No. 3, OJ EPO, 2007
    Revision of the European Patent Convention (EPC 2000) Update of decisions of the President and notices from the European Patent Office of relevance to patent practitioners
    Special edition No. 7, OJ EPO, 2007
    Revision of the European Patent Convention (EPC 2000) Update of EPO forms of relevance to patent practitioners
    Special edition No. 5, OJ EPO, 2007
    Revision of the European Patent Convention (EPC 2000) Synoptic presentation EPC 1973/2000 – Part II: The Implementing Regulations
    Special edition No. 4, OJ EPO, 2007
    Revision of the European Patent Convention (EPC 2000) Synoptic presentation EPC 1973/2000 – Part I: The Articles
    Special edition No. 6, OJ EPO, 2007
    EPO Board of Appeal Case Law 2006
    Supplement to OJ 1/2007
    Presidium and Business distribution 2007

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