Law & practice
Official Journal December 2013
| Contents | View / download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Index of published decisions of boards of appeal and Enlarged Board of Appeal (as at 31.10.2013) | view | 362 KB |
| Contents | view | 451 KB |
| ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL | ||
| Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at November 2013) | view | 362 KB |
| DECISIONS OF THE BOARDS OF APPEAL | ||
| Technical Board of Appeal T 22/09 - 3.3.07 - Party status/Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts/SASOL TECHNOLOGY "Opponent company dissolved before decision of Opposition Division was issued - dissolved company restored to register of companies under national law after filing of appeal - retroactive effect under national law" - "Point of law of fundamental importance - no case law on that point legal uncertainty about party status yes) - necessity to refer questions to Enlarged Board (yes)" |
view | 537 KB |
| INFORMATION FROM THE EPO | ||
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 21 November 2013 concerning the responsibilities of the Legal Division | view | 454 KB |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 21 November 2013 concerning the entrustment to non-legally qualified staff of certain duties incumbent on the Legal Division | view | 455 KB |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 21 November 2013 concerning the entrustment to non-examining staff of certain duties incumbent on the examining or opposition divisions | view | 454 KB |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 8 November 2013 concerning application of Rules 49 and 50 EPC to handwritten amendments | view | 461 KB |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 December 2013 regarding the processing of documents filed by fax with the EPO at Berlin | view | 353 KB |
| Official Journal to go fully electronic from 2014 | view | 380 KB |
| Notice from the European Patent Office concerning the launch of an online complaints form | view | 451 KB |
| List of days in 2013 on which EPO filing offices and national patent authorities of the EPC contracting states are closed - corrigendum | view | 351 KB |
| Warning Beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to publish and/or register European or international patent applications and European patents |
view | 600 KB |
| REPRESENTATION | ||
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | view | 484 KB |
| INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING STATES | ||
| EE Estonia Payment of fees |
view | 340 KB |
| LT Lithuania Payment of fees |
view | 340 KB |
| SM San Marino Payment of fees |
view | 340 KB |
| TR Turkey Payment of fees |
view | 463 KB |
| FEES | ||
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | view | 438 KB |
| Fees for international applications: new equivalent amounts | view | 448 KB |
| Bank accounts of the European Patent Organisation Information about the closure of euro accounts of the European Patent Organisation |
view | 348 KB |
| CALENDAR OF EVENTS | ||
| Calendar of events | view | 583 KB |