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    Official Journal December 2020

    Online publication date: 22.12.2020

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    ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL

    Decision of the Administrative Council of 15 December 2020 amending Rules 117 and 118 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 12/20)A132

    EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE

    Information from the EPO
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 23 November 2020 concerning annexes to decisions of the examining divisionsA133
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 17 December 2020 concerning oral proceedings by videoconference before examining divisionsA134
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 17 December 2020 concerning the taking of evidence by videoconference by examining and opposition divisionsA135
    17th edition of the European Patent ConventionA136
    Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office based on PCT and national work productsA137
    Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore based on PCT and national work productsA138
    Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 December 2020 concerning the additional days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2021A139
    Representation
    Notice from the Examination Secretariat for the European qualifying examinationA140
    List of professional representatives before the EPOA141
    Fees
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA142
    Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patentsA143

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