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| Contents | view |
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| ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL | ||
| Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at February 2011) | view |
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| DECISIONS OF THE ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL | ||
| G 1/07 – Treatment by surgery/MEDI-PHYSICS "Applicable provisions – Article 112(1) EPC 1973 – Article 53(c) EPC" – "Admissibility of the referral – yes" – "The Vienna Convention – principle of narrow interpretation of exclusions – no" – "One surgical step in a multi-step method – excluded from patentability – yes" – "Limited to surgery for a therapeutic purpose – no" – "Meaning of the wording of the exclusion – legal history – impact of jurisprudence and practice – ratio legis" – "Nature of interventions – involvement of a practitioner – no" "Medical skills and health risks – further criteria" – "Claim left to encompass a surgical step – no" – "Disclaimer under Article 53(c) EPC – yes – subject to remaining requirements of EPC" – "Omission – methods only concerning the internal operation of a device – yes – subject to remaining requirements of the EPC" – "Possible use of nonsurgical method in a surgical method – irrelevant, if non-surgical method complete teaching in itself" |
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| INFORMATION FROM THE EPO | ||
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 2 February 2011 revising the basic fee for the European qualifying examination | view |
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| REPRESENTATION | ||
| European qualifying examination (EQE) Appointment of members of the Supervisory Board, Examination Board and Examination Committees |
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| European qualifying examination Examination Board for the European qualifying examination – Examination results |
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| Announcement of the European qualifying examination 2012 | view |
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| List of professional representatives before the EPO | view |
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| INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING STATES | ||
| ES Spain New fee rates |
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| HU Hungary Change of name Translation requirements after grant Payment of fees | view | 44 KB |
| SM San Marino Impact of the European Patent Convention on national law | view | 69 KB |
| FEES | ||
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | view |
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| CALENDAR OF EVENTS | ||
| Calendar of events |
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| SUPPLEMENTS | ||
| Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives | view |
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