Official Journal June 2020
Article | Article number | View |
|---|---|---|
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL | ||
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 May 2020 temporarily suspending the application of Rule 51, paragraph 2, EPC with respect to the additional fee, as referred to in Article 2, paragraph 1, item 5, of the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 6/20) | A70 | |
EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE | ||
Information from the EPO | ||
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 13 May 2020 concerning the filing of documents during telephone consultations and during interviews and oral proceedings held by videoconference | A71 | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 13 May 2020 revising its Notices dated 1 April 2020, concerning oral proceedings and interviews to be held by videoconference, and 14 April 2020, concerning the pilot project for oral proceedings by videoconference before opposition divisions | A72 | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 26 May 2020 concerning abolition of the option to waive the right to a further communication under Rule 71(3) EPC | A73 | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 27 May 2020 concerning the disruptions due to the COVID-19 outbreak | A74 | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 29 May 2020 concerning the temporary suspension of the application of Rule 51(2) of the European Patent Convention with respect to the additional fee for belated payment of a renewal fee for a European patent application (Article 2(1), item 5, of the Rules relating to Fees) | A75 | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 29 May 2020 concerning implementation of amended Rule 142(2) EPC | A76 | |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 4 June 2020 amending Annex A.1 to the Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) ‒ Arrangements for the automatic debiting procedure (AAD) and Annex A.2 to the ADA ‒ Information from the EPO concerning the automatic debiting procedure | A77 | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 4 June 2020 concerning changes to fee payment via the automatic debiting procedure | A78 | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 3 June 2020 concerning the resumption of proceedings following opinion G 3/19 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal | A79 | |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 June 2020 concerning the entrustment to non-examining staff of certain duties incumbent on the examining or opposition divisions | A80 | |
| Notice from the EPO dated 14 June 2020 concerning the applicability of new Rule 20.5bis PCT on the correction of erroneous filings in proceedings before the EPO | A81 | |
| Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia based on PCT and national work products | A82 | |
| Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines based on PCT and national work products | A83 | |
Representation | ||
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A84 | |
Fees | ||
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | A85 | |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A86 | |
BOARDS OF APPEAL | ||
| Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of 16 July 2019 - G 2/19 | A87 |