Relevant to the EPC 2000 are 21 Administrative Council documents (references
CA/D **/** and CA/**/**) as well as the minutes of 2 Administrative Council
meetings (reference CA/PV **).
Administrative Council documents
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CA/D 6/00 dated 7.9.2000
Decision of the
Administrative Council on the documents submitted to the Conference to revise
the EPC
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CA/D 2/00 dated 24.2.2000
Decision of the
Administrative Council convening a conference of the contracting states to
revise the EPC
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CA/125/00 dated 9.11.2000: Draft minutes of
the 81st meeting of the Administrative Council, superseded by
CA/PV 81
Minutes of the 81st meeting of the Administrative Council (Munich, 5 to 7
September 2000)
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CA/124/00 dated 25.9.2000
Summary of
decisions taken at the 81st meeting of the Administrative Council (Munich, 5 to
7 September 2000)
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CA/123/00 dated 24.8.2000
Comments on
CA/83/00 - Legal basis for future ministerial conferences
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CA/118/00 dated 24.8.2000
Discussion of
the Basic Proposal at the 81st meeting of the Administrative Council: proposal
from the Council Chairman
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CA/108/00 dated 11.8.2000
Status report on
preparations for the Diplomatic Conference for the revision of the EPC (Munich,
20 to 29 November 2000)
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CA/100/00 dated 9.8.2000
This document
contains the following drafts:
(1) Basic Proposal for the revision of the EPC
(Part I)
(2) Revision Act (Part II)
(3) Final Act of the Conference (Part
III)
(4) Decision on the preparatory documents to be submitted to the
Revision Conference (Part IV).
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CA/100/00 Add. 1 dated 14.8.2000
This
document contains the text of all revised and new EPC Articles according to the
Basic Proposal, in the three official languages.
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CA/100/00 Add. 2 dated 1.9.2000
Revision
of the EPC: Article 21(3)(a) EPC
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CA/100/00 Add. 3 dated 6.10.2000
This
document shows the incidental amendments arising from the Basic Proposal which
were not yet contained in CA/100/00, Part I. It supplements the Basic Proposal
(MR/2/00) as approved by the Administrative Council.
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CA/83/00 dated 27.6.2000
Revision of the
EPC: establishing a conference of the ministers of the contracting states
responsible for intellectual property matters.
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CA/74/00 dated 19.9.2000: Draft minutes of
the 71st meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee, superseded by
CA/F PV
71 Minutes of the 71st meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee (Munich, 2 to
4 May 2000) - relevant excerpts only.
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CA/49/00 dated 24.2.2000
Revision of the
EPC - Chapter V (Financial provisions)
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CA/26/00 dated 29.6.2000
Preparations for
the Revision Conference: draft Rules of Procedure of the Conference.
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CA/26/00 Rev. 1 dated
6.9.2000
Preparations for the Revision Conference: draft Rules of Procedure
of the Conference
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CA/6/00 dated 24.2.2000
Protocol on the
Staff Complement of the EPO at The Hague
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CA/110/99 dated 7.12.1999
This document
shows a complete list of revision points which have arisen to date, proposals
for further work and an outline timetable leading to a revision
conference.
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CA/109/99 dated 6.12.1999
Revision of the
EPC - Statement made by the President of the Hungarian Patent Office on behalf
of the four "Visegrad countries"
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CA/106/99 dated 7.12.1999
Revision of the
EPC: Article 11
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CA/106/99 Add. 1 dated 26.1.2000
Revision
of the EPC: Article 11
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CA/16/98 dated 18.2.1998
This document
contains a provisional, non-exhaustive list of items of an essentially legal or
technical nature which should be considered in view of a future revision of the
EPC.
-
CA/16/98 Add. 1 dated 12.8.1998
Further
points of an essentially legal or technical nature which should be considered in
view of a future revision of the EPC.
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CA/PV 81 Minutes of the 81st meeting of the
Administrative Council (Munich, 5 to 7 September 2000)
ECPV081.pdf
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CA/PV 70 Minutes of the 70th meeting of the
Administrative Council (Munich, 4 March 1998) - relevant excerpts only
Relevant to the EPC 2000 are 50 documents discussed in the Committee on
Patent Law (references CA/PL **/** and Info/* PL **) as well as the minutes of 9
meetings of the Committee on Patent Law (reference CA/PL PV **).
Patent Law Committee documents
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CA/PL 25/00 dated 16.6.2000
Basic proposal
for the revision of the EPC
Parts I and II of this document contain,
respectively, the draft basic proposal for revision of the EPC and a draft
Revision Act. Addendum I sets out, in consolidated form in the three EPO
official languages, the proposed amendments to existing EPC provisions, the
proposed new provisions and the amended or new Protocols to the
Convention.
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CA/PL 25/00 Rev. 1 dated 28.7.2000
Basic
proposal for the revision of the EPC
This document contains the revised draft
of the Basic Proposal for revision of the EPC, which takes into account the
results of the discussions of the 14th meeting of the Committee on Patent Law
from 3 to 6 July 2000. It was presented to the Administrative Council as
document CA/100/00 for discussion during its meeting from 5 to 8 September
2000.
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CA/PL 25/00 Add. 2 dated
5.7.2000
Revision of the EPC: Article 69 and Protocol on its
interpretation
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CA/PL 24/00 dated 5.4.2000
Revision of the
EPC: New provision in Part IX
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CA/PL 23/00 dated 20.3.2000
Revision of
the EPC: Articles 135 to 137, 140 and 141
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CA/PL 22/00 dated 16.3.2000
Revision of
the EPC: Articles 133-134
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CA/PL 21/00 dated 21.3.2000
Revision of
the EPC: Articles 150-158
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CA/PL 20/00 dated 28.3.2000
Revision of
the EPC: Article 164
-
CA/PL 19/00 dated 7.3.2000
Revision of the
EPC: Article 138
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CA/PL 18/00 dated 28.3.2000
Revision of
the EPC: Articles 115, 117, 119, 120, 123, 124, 127, 128 and 130
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CA/PL 17/00 dated 27.3.2000
Revision of
the EPC: Article 22 and new Article 112a
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CA/PL 16/00 dated 24.3.2000
Revision of
the EPC: Articles 106 - 111
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CA/PL 15/00 dated 30.3.2000
Revision of
the EPC: Articles 99-105
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CA/PL 14/00 dated 20.3.2000
Revision of
the EPC: Articles 92, 93 and 98
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CA/PL 13/00 dated 13.3.2000
Revision of
the EPC: Article 79
-
CA/PL 12/00 dated 13.3.2000
Revision of
the EPC: Articles 61, 71, 72, 75 to 78 and 86
-
CA/PL 8/00 dated 13.3.2000: Revision of the
EPC: Articles 51 and 126
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CA/PL 7/00 dated 21.1.2000
Revision of the
EPC: Article 142 ss.
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CA/PL 7/00 Add. 1 dated 29.3.2000: Revision
of the EPC: Part IX, Articles 142 - 149
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CA/PL 6/00 dated 27.1.2000
Revision of the
EPC: Articles 94, 95, 96 and 97
-
CA/PL 5/00 dated 26.1.2000
Revision of the
EPC: Articles 80, 90 and 91
-
CA/PL 4/00 dated 24.1.2000
Revision of the
EPC: Article 54(5)
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CA/PL 3/00 dated 27.1.2000
Revision of the
EPC: Articles 33 and 35
-
CA/PL 3/00 Add. 1 dated
24.3.2000
Revision of the EPC: Articles 33 and 35
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CA/PL 3/00 Add. 2 dated 3.4.2000
Revision
of the EPC: Articles 33 and 35
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CA/PL 2/00 dated 18.1.2000
This document
contains the provisions of the Basic Proposal for the WIPO Patent Law Treaty
(PLT) as well as the EPO's preliminary comments thereon.
-
CA/PL 29/99 dated 8.11.1999
Revision of
the EPC: limitation procedure
-
CA/PL 29/99 Rev. 1 dated
9.3.2000
Revision of the EPC: limitation procedure (Articles 105a-c, 68
EPC)
-
CA/PL 27/99 dated 5.11.1999
Revision of
the EPC: Articles 84, 100 and 138
-
CA/PL 26/99 dated 4.11.1999
Revision of
the EPC: Article 123
-
CA/PL 19/99 dated 10.6.1999
Revision of
the EPC: Articles 121 and 122
-
CA/PL 17/99 dated 14.6.1999
Revision of
the EPC: Article 54(4)
-
CA/PL 9/99 dated 11.2.1999
Revision of the
EPC: Article 87(5)
-
CA/PL 9/99 Rev. 1 dated 5.4.2000
Revision
of the EPC: Article 87(5) EPC
-
CA/PL 8/99 dated 23.2.1999
Revision of the
EPC: Article 53(a)
-
CA/PL 7/99 dated 2.3.1999
Revision of the
EPC: Articles 52(4) and 54(5)
-
CA/PL 6/99 dated 9.3.1999
Revision of EPC:
Article 52(1)-(3)
-
CA/PL 5/99 dated 1.2.1999
Revision of the
EPC - Article 23(3)
-
CA/PL 2/99 dated 26.1.1999
Points for a
revision of the EPC: Summary of comments by SACEPO members in response to
document SACEPO 2/98 Rev. 1.
-
CA/PL 19/98 dated 23.10.1998
Revision of
the EPC: Article 129(1)
-
CA/PL 18/98 dated 16.10.1998
Revision of
the EPC: Articles 159-163 and 167
-
CA/PL 17/98 dated 6.10.1998
Revision of
the EPC: Article 88(1)
-
CA/PL 16/98 dated 5.10.1998
Revision of
the EPC: Article 87(1) and (5)
-
CA/PL 12/98 dated 15.4.1998
Revision of
the EPC: Articles 154(3) and 155(3)
-
CA/PL 11/98 dated 15.4.1998
Revision of
the EPC: Article 23(1)
-
CA/PL 10/98 dated 20.4.1998
Revision of
the EPC: Articles 16 and 17 EPC, Section I of the Protocol on
Centralisation
-
CA/PL 2/98 dated 30.12.1997
Revision of
the EPC: BEST
-
CA/PL 3/97 dated 8.4.1997
Implementation
of the TRIPs Agreement
-
Info/2 PL 14 dated 26.6.2000
Revision of
the EPC: Articles 52(4), 54(5), 69 and Protocol, 84, 100 and 138 - Comments by
epi
-
Info 2/PL 12 dated 1.2.2000
Revision of
the EPC: Articles 52(4) and 54(5) - Comments by epi
Minutes of the meetings of Patent Law
Committee
-
CA/PL PV 14
Minutes of the 14th meeting of
the Committee on Patent Law (Munich, 3 to 6 July 2000)
-
CA/PL 31/00 dated 20.7.2000
Summary of conclusions of the 14th meeting of the Committee on Patent Law (Munich, 3 to 6 July 2000)
-
CA/PL PV 13
Minutes of the 13th meeting of
the Committee on Patent Law (Munich, 3 to 6 April 2000)
-
CA/PL PV 12
Minutes of the 12th meeting of
the Committee on Patent Law (Munich, 1-2 February 2000)
-
CA/PL PV 11
Minutes of the 11th meeting of
the Committee on Patent Law (Munich, 18 November 1999)
-
CA/PL PV 10
Minutes of the 10th meeting of
the Committee on Patent Law (Munich, 8 July 1999)
-
CA/PL PV 9
Minutes of the 9th meeting of the
Committee on Patent Law (Munich, 16-17 March 1999)
-
CA/PL PV 8
Minutes of the 8th meeting of the
Committee on Patent Law (Munich, 3-4 November 1998)
-
CA/PL PV 7
Minutes of the 7th meeting of the
Committee on Patent Law (Munich, 12-13 May 1998)
-
CA/PL PV 6
Minutes of the 6th meeting of the
Committee on Patent Law (Munich, 27-28 January 1998)
-
CA/PL PV 6 Corr. 1
Corrigendum to the
Minutes of the 6th meeting of the Committee on Patent Law (Munich, 27-28 January
1998)
Relevant to the EPC 2000 is one document of the Budget and Finance Committee
(reference CA/F */**) and the minutes of the meeting of the Budget and Finance
Committee (reference CA/F PV/**) where that document was discussed.
-
CA/F 3/00 dated 21.3.2000
Revision of the
EPC: Articles 37, 38, 42 and 50
-
CA/F PV 71
Minutes of the 71st meeting of
the Budget and Finance Committee (Munich, 2 to 4 May 2000) - relevant excerpts
only
Documents submitted shortly before the Diplomatic
Conference
In the days and hours before the start of the Diplomatic Conference, a few
Contracting States and the EPO in its capacity of Secretariat to the Conference
submitted proposals for changes to the Basic
proposal for the revision of the EPC (MR/2/00) . Together with the Basic
proposal, these proposals (reference MR/**/00) formed the basis for the
deliberations of the Diplomatic Conference. To find out how the negotiations
evolved during the Conference, it is necessary to consult the Conference
proceedings (PDF 1,9 MB).
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MR/6/00 dated 6.11.2000
Incidental
amendments arising from the Basic Proposal in MR/2/00 as approved by the
Administrative Council (submitted by the Secretariat; adopted by the
Conference)
-
MR/7/00 dated 15.11.2000
Articles 33 and
35 EPC (submitted by the Italian delegation; led to MR/PLD 4/00 which was
adopted by the Conference)
-
MR/8/00 dated 17.11.2000
Articles 14 and
52 EPC, Protocol on the interpretation of Article 69 EPC, Articles 99, 112a and
138 EPC (submitted by the French delegation; proposals regarding Articles 14 and
52 EPC adopted by the Conference; proposals regarding Articles 99 and 138 EPC
withdrawn; proposals regarding Articles 112a EPC and the Protocol on the
interpretation of Article 69 EPC led to MR/21/00 and MR/PLD 6/00)
-
MR/9/00 dated 17.11.2000
Article 54 EPC
(submitted by the Hellenic delegation; rejected by the Conference)
-
MR/9/00 Corr. 1 dated 17.11.2000
Article
54 EPC (submitted by the Hellenic delegation; rejected by the
Conference)
-
MR/10/00 dated 20.11.2000
Articles 21, 22,
33, 35, 68, 69 and Protocol on the interpretation of Article 69, Articles 105a -
105c and 112a EPC (submitted by the Swedish delegation; rejected by the
Conference)
-
MR/11/00 dated 20.11.2000
Articles 121 and
122 EPC (submitted by the Swedish delegation; rejected by the
Conference)
-
MR/12/00 dated 17.11.2000
Article 87(1)
and (5) EPC (submitted by the Irish delegation; proposal to Article 87(1) EPC
adopted by the Conference; proposal to Article 87(5) EPC
rejected)
Documents submitted during the Diplomatic Conference
As the negotiations evolved during the Conference, additional proposals
(references MR/**/00 and MR/PLD **/00) were tabled.
In order to find out
what happened to a particular proposal, it is necessary to consult the Conference
proceedings (PDF 1,9 MB).
-
MR/13/00 dated 20.11.2000
Protocol on the
interpretation of Article 69 EPC (submitted by the United Kingdom delegation;
led to MR/PLD 6/00 which was adopted by the Conference)
-
MR/14/00 dated 20.11.2000
Article 37 EPC
(submitted by the German delegation; rejected by the Conference)
-
MR/15/00 dated 20.11.2000
Articles
52(2)(c) and 105a to c EPC (submitted by the Danish delegation; proposal
regarding Article 105a to c EPC was rejected; proposal regarding Article 52(2)c)
EPC was adopted by the Conference as per MR/8/00)
-
MR/16/00 dated 20.11.2000
Article 52(2)c)
EPC (submitted by the German delegation; adopted by the Conference as per
MR/8/00)
-
MR/17/00 dated 21.11.2000
Protocol on the
Interpretation of Article 69 EPC (submitted by the German delegation; led to
MR/PLD 6/00 which was adopted by the Conference)
-
MR/18/00 dated 21.11.2000
Article 54(4)
and (5) EPC (submitted by the Swiss delegation; accepted by the Conference and
included as Explanatory Remarks in MR/2/00)
-
MR/20/00 dated 22.11.2000
Article 112a EPC
(submitted by the French and German delegations; led to MR/21/00 which was
adopted by the Conference)
-
MR/21/00 dated 23.11.2000
Article 112a EPC
(submitted by the French and German delegations and the Secretariat; adopted by
the Conference)
-
MR/PLD 2/00 dated 21.11.2000
Article 4
and Article 4a EPC (submitted by the Secretariat; adopted by the
Conference)
-
MR/PLD 4/00 dated 22.11.2000
Article 33
EPC (submitted by the Belgian, French and Italian delegations; adopted by the
Conference)
-
MR/PLD 5/00 dated 23.11.2000
Protocol on
the staff complement of the EPO at The Hague (submitted by the Secretariat,
German and The Netherlands delegations; adopted by the Conference)
-
MR/PLD 6/00 dated 23.11.2000
Protocol on
the Interpretation of Article 69 EPC (submitted by the French, German and United
Kingdom delegations; adopted by the Conference)
Amendments proposed by the Drafting Committee
Starting late on Friday 24.11.2000 and lasting for most of the week-end, the
Drafting Committee discussed a number of amendments to the EPC wording in the
three official languages. Towards the end of the Conference, it submitted its
report to the plenary.
-
MR/DCD 1/00 dated 27.11.2000
Amendments
proposed by the Drafting Committee (adopted by the Conference, with an amendment
to the heading of Article 90 EPC and a consequential amendment to Article 16
EPC(in the French text only) and the deletion of the footnote to Article 54
EPC).
Final act of the Conference of the Contracting State to revise
the EPC
At the end of the Conference, the representatives of the Contracting States
signed a short Final
act of the Conference in which they declare to have drawn up and adopted the
text of
Preparatory documents to the Final Act
Preparatory documents to the Act revising the EPC (Revision
Act)
-
MR/3/00 dated 30.10.2000
Draft Revision
Act
-
MR/PLD 3/00 dated 22.11.2000
Revision
Act: Article 6a Reservations (rejected by the Conference)
-
MR/PLD 7/00 dated 27.11.2000
Revision
Act: Article 3 New text of the Convention and Article 7 Entry into force
(adopted by the Conference)
-
MR/PLD 11/00 dated 28.11.2000
Revision
Act: Articles 6 Provisional application and 7a Transitional provisions (adopted
by the Conference)
-
MR/3/00 Rev. 1 dated 29.11.2000
Draft
Revision Act according to the Basic Proposal MR/2/00 as amended by documents
MR/6/00, MR/8/00, MR/12/00, MR/21/00, MR/PLD 2/00, MR/PLD 4/00, MR/PLD 5/00,
MR/PLD 6/00, MR/PLD 7/00 and MR/PLD 11/00, as well as document MR/DCD
1/00
Preparatory documents to the Diplomatic Conference Resolution
The Resolution
unanimously adopted by the Contracting State signals to interested members of
the public that the Diplomatic Conference did not mark the end of the reform
process but that further major reforms are waiting to be dealt with (eg
protection of computer programs, Protocol on the interpretation of Article 69
EPC, biotechnology, grace period, Community patent).
Several drafts were discussed by the Conference:
-
MR/PLD 12/00 dated 28.11.2000
Draft
Conference Resolution (submitted by the President of the Conference)
-
MR/PLD 10/00 dated 27.11.2000
Draft
Conference Resolution (submitted by the Secretariat)
-
MR/PLD 9/00 dated 27.11.2000
Draft
Conference Resolution (submitted by the German, Belgian, Danish, French and
United Kingdom delegations)
Miscellaneous documents
Finally, a number of other documents relating to the Diplomatic Conference
are of general interest:
-
MR/A/00 Rev. 1 dated 17.11.2000
Revised
draft agenda for the Diplomatic Conference to revise the EPC (adopted by the
Conference on 20.11.2000)
-
MR/19/00 dated 22.11.2000
Report of the
Credentials Committee
-
MR/5/00 dated 17.11.2000
Proposal for
allocation of the posts of the Conference
-
MR/1/00 dated 11.10.2000
Draft Rules of
Procedure for the Conference for the revision of the EPC (adopted by the
Conference on 20.11.2000)
-
Info 11/MR 2000 dated
21.11.2000
Preliminary observation of FICPI on the Basic Proposal
MR/2/00
-
Info 10/MR 2000 dated 21.11.2000
UNION
Position paper on the Revision of the EPC
-
Info 9/MR 2000 dated 20.11.2000
Final
comments by epi: Articles 52, 54, 69 and 101 EPC
