European Patent Office
2018

Index

Overview

Index
1 - January
2 - February
3 - March
4 - April
5 - May
6 - June
7 - July
8 - August
9 - September
10 - October
11 - November
12 - December
Supplementary publications
Supplementary publication 1
Supplementary publication 2
Supplementary publication 3

    Grouped contents, 2018



    ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
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    Report on the 153rd and 154th meetings of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (10 and 11 October and 13 and 14 December 2017)A1
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 13 December 2017 amending Rule 51 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 13/17)A2
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 13 December 2017 abrogating its decision CA/D 10/05 concerning cases where the search fee for the supplementary European search is to be reduced (CA/D 16/17)A3
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 13 December 2017 amending Articles 2 and 14 of the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 17/17)A4
    Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at January 2018)A13
    Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at April 2018)A36
    Report on the 156th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (27 and 28 June 2018)A55
    Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at July 2018)A56
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 June 2018 amending Rule 154(1) of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention and Article 4 of the Regulation on discipline for professional representatives (CA/D 6/18)A57
    Vacancy notice for the post of Vice-President Directorate-General 1 – Patent Granting ProcessA58
    Vacancy notice for the post of Vice-President Directorate-General 4 – Corporate ServicesA59
    Vacancy notice for the post of Vice-President Directorate-General 5 – Legal/International AffairsA60
    Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at August 2018)A65
    Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at September 2018)A72
    Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at December 2018)A104
    EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE
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    Information from the EPO
    Notice from the EPO dated 18 December 2017 concerning the reduced fee for appeal (Article 108 EPC) for an appeal filed by a natural person or an entity referred to in Rule 6(4) EPCA5
    List of days in 2018 on which EPO filing offices and national patent authorities of the EPC contracting states are closedA6
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 18 December 2017 concerning forms and publications available from the EPOA7
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 February 2018 concerning online file inspection of documents contained in the file held by the EPO as receiving Office, International Searching Authority or Authority specified for supplementary searchA14
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 7 February 2018 fixing the amount of the fee for validating European patents in CambodiaA15
    Validation of European patents in Cambodia (KH) with effect from 1 March 2018A16
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 30 January 2018 concerning changes to the filing options available in Belgium for European patent applications and international applicationsA17
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 14 February 2018 concerning the availability of the EPO filing officesA18
    Notice from the EPO dated 18 January 2018 concerning the safeguards available under the EPC and the PCT in case of unavailability of means of electronic communicationA25
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 March 2018 concerning search and examination fees – annex to the notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 March 2018 concerning search and examinationA26
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 16 March 2018 concerning the closing of the mailroom at its headquarters in MunichA27
    Information for users on the availability of DOCX filing and changes to the filing fee, fee for grant and transmittal feeA28
    Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to publish and/or register European or international patent applications and European patentsA29
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 27 March 2018 implementing Article 12 of the Rules relating to FeesA37
    Payment of national patent fees – corrigendumA43
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 9 May 2018 concerning the electronic filing of documentsA45
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 9 May 2018 concerning the electronic filing of documentsA46
    IP5 pilot project on collaborative search and examination under the PCTA47
    List of days in 2018 on which EPO filing offices and national patent authorities of the EPC contracting states are closed – corrigendumA51
    New editions of EPO publicationsA52
    Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to publish and/or register European or international patent applications and European patentsA66
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 25 July 2018 concerning the updating of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent OfficeA73
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 June 2018 concerning the updating of the Guidelines for Search and Examination at the European Patent Office as PCT Authority (PCT-EPO Guidelines)A74
    Entrance to the new building of the European Patent Office in The Hague – information for visitors and parties attending oral proceedingsA75
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 18 October 2018 on the filing of priority documentsA78
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 18 October 2018 concerning priority document exchange via the WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS)A79
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 12 October 2018 concerning updated Forms 1001 (request for grant) and 1200 (entry into the European phase)A80
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 5 October 2018 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2019A81
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 4 October 2018 concerning the situation in the USA, the Philippines, Hong Kong SAR, China, Indonesia and Japan after the hurricanes and the earthquake between 15 September and 1 October 2018A82
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 November 2018 concerning the electronic filing of priority documentsA93
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 November 2018 concerning the electronic filing of priority documentsA94
    IP5 pilot project on collaborative search and examination under the PCT – acceptance of international applications filed in French or GermanA95
    Updated notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 November 2018 concerning interviews and oral proceedings to be held as a video-conferenceA96
    Registration of European patents (UK) in crown dependencies, UK overseas territories and Commonwealth countriesA97
    European Patent Convention: HTML versionA98
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 November 2018 concerning delegation to the European Patent Office of the PCT receiving Office functions of the State of MonacoA105
    Events: Search Matters 2019A106
    National law relating to the EPC: 19th editionA107
    Representation
    List of professional representatives before the EPOA8
    List of professional representatives before the EPOA19
    Announcement of the European qualifying examination 2019A30
    List of professional representatives before the EPOA31
    List of professional representatives before the EPOA38
    CEIPI seminars for the EQE pre-examination 2019A39
    CEIPI European qualifying examination 2019 ('main examination')A40
    CEIPI/epi Basic training in European patent lawA41
    List of professional representatives before the EPOA48
    List of professional representatives before the EPOA53
    List of professional representatives before the EPOA61
    European qualifying examination – Examination Board for the European qualifying examination – Examination resultsA67
    List of professional representatives before the EPOA68
    List of professional representatives before the EPOA76
    List of professional representatives before the EPOA83
    Notice from the Examination Secretariat for the European qualifying examination – Compulsory registration prior to first-time enrolment to the EQEA99
    List of professional representatives before the EPOA100
    Announcement of the European qualifying examination 2020 – Pre-examination and main examinationA108
    List of professional representatives before the EPOA109
    Fees
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA9
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA20
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices applicable as from 1 April 2018A32
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA42
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA49
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA54
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA62
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA69
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA77
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA84
    Fees for international applications: new equivalent amountsA101
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA102
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA110
    INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING STATES/ EXTENSION AND VALIDATION STATES
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    HR Croatia
    Payment of feesA10
    MC Monaco
    New fee ratesA11
    New fee ratesA12
    New fee ratesA22
    MA Morocco: new fee ratesA23
    New fee ratesA34
    New fee ratesA64
    New fee ratesA92
    New fee ratesA113
    BG Bulgaria
    New fee rates – Payment of patent feesA21
    New fee rates – Payment of patent feesA33
    New fee rates - Payment of patent feesA86
    Payment of patent feesA87
    Payment of patent feesA88
    Payment of patent feesA89
    Change of contact details - Payment of patent feesA90
    Payment of patent feesA111
    Payment of patent feesA112
    NO Norway
    Change of postal addressA50
    MT Malta
    Change of contact detailsA91
    FR France
    Payment of renewal fees for patentsA103
    INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
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    PCT
    Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT – Annex AA24
    Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT – Annex DA35
    * * *
    Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treatiesA44
    BOARDS OF APPEAL
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    Delegation of functions and powers from the President of the European Patent Office to the President of the Boards of AppealA63
    Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 18 December 2017 – G 1/16A70
    Communication from the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning case G 1/18A71
    Decision of the President of the Boards of Appeal of 24 September 2018 designating the deputy of the President of the Boards of AppealA85

    Supplementary publications

    Supplementary publication 1, OJ EPO, 2018
    Information from the Boards of Appeal – Presidium, business distribution and texts relating to proceedings
    Supplementary publication 2, OJ EPO, 2018
    Schedule of fees and expenses applicable as from 1 April 2018
    Supplementary publication 3, OJ EPO, 2018
    EPO Boards of Appeal Case Law 2017

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