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    Official Journal January 2022

    Online publication date: 31.1.2022

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    ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL

    Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at January 2022)A1
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 15 December 2021 amending Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees and adjusting the amount of the reduction in the fee for the supplementary European search where the international or supplementary international search report was drawn up by one of the European International Searching Authorities (CA/D 13/21)A2
    Decision of the Administrative Council of 14 December 2021 inserting a new Rule 56a and amending Rules 56 and 135 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention and amending Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 2/21)A3

    EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE

    Information from the EPO
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 December 2021 concerning the forthcoming introduction of the Unitary Patent and the possibility of requesting a delay in issuing the decision to grant a European patent in response to a communication under Rule 71(3) EPCA4
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 December 2021 concerning the forthcoming introduction of the Unitary Patent and the possibility of requesting a delay in issuing the decision to grant a European patent in response to a communication under Rule 71(3) EPCA5
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 December 2021 concerning the forthcoming introduction of the Unitary Patent and the possibility to file early requests for unitary effectA6
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 January 2022 revising the Officeꞌs fees and expensesA7
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 January 2022 concerning the refund of the search fee under Article 9(2) of the Rules relating to FeesA8
    Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 January 2022 concerning the refund of the international search fee by the EPO acting as International Searching AuthorityA9
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 16 December 2021 concerning the updating of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent OfficeA10
    Notice from the European Patent Office dated 16 December 2021 concerning the updating of the Guidelines for Search and Examination at the European Patent Office as PCT Authority (PCT-EPO Guidelines)A11
    Representation
    Announcement of the European qualifying examination 2023A12
    List of professional representatives before the EPOA13
    Fees
    Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA14
    Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patentsA15

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