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    Official Journal January 2020

    Online publication date: 31.1.2020

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    ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL

    Report on the 161st and 162nd meetings of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (9 October, and 11 and 12 December 2019 respectively)A1
    Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at January 2020)A2
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 12 December 2019 amending Articles 2 and 7 of the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 12/19)A3
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 12 December 2019 concerning the reduction in the fees for the international search and the international preliminary examination carried out on international applications filed by nationals of certain states (CA/D 13/19)A4
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 12 December 2019 amending Rule 103 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 14/19)A5

    EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE

    Information from the EPO
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 29 January 2020 revising the Officeꞌs fees and expensesA6
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 14 January 2020 concerning the legalisation of certified copies of documents issued by the European Patent OfficeA7
    Training event for patent search professionals: Search Matters 2020A8
    List of days in 2020 on which EPO filing offices and national patent authorities of the EPC contracting states are closedA9
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 December 2019 concerning forms and publications available from the EPOA10
    Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property based on PCT and national work productsA11
    Representation
    List of professional representatives before the EPOA12
    Fees
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA13
    Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patentsA14

    INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING STATES/ EXTENSION AND VALIDATION STATES

    PT Portugal
    New fee rates – CorrigendumA15
    TR Turkey
    New fee ratesA16

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