Article 108

EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE

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Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 27 November 2024 amending the annex to the decision dated 13 December 2021 concerning the processing of personal data in patent-grant and related proceedings

The President of the European Patent Office,

having regard to Article 10(2)(a) EPC,

having regard to Articles 1(2)(a) and 5(a) and (b) of the Implementing Rules for Articles 1b and 32a of the Service Regulations for permanent and other employees of the European Patent Office on the protection of personal data ("Data Protection Rules"),

having regard to the decision of the President dated 27 November 2024 concerning the publication of the list of professional representatives,1

has decided as follows:

Article 1

Point 4 of the annex is replaced with the following text:

"Mandatory personal data also include the personal data which are entered in the list of professional representatives maintained by the EPO pursuant to Article 134(1) EPC and which, in the case of contact data and subject to the representatives' consent, are published in a searchable database on the EPO website."

Article 2

The second sub-indent of the indent of point 7 of the annex ("procedures relating to representatives, in particular") is replaced with the following text:

"- publication of professional representatives' data in a searchable database on the EPO website"

Article 3

Entry into force

This decision enters into force on 3 February 2025.

Done at Munich, 27 November 2024

António CAMPINOS

President