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European Patent Office hosts special event celebrating launch of Unitary Patent system

Winners of Kids’ collaborative art competition announced

IP's impact on sustainability showcased in Lisbon

17th Annual Meeting with Member States

On the way to a paperless patent granting process

Europe embarks on a new era of patent protection

EPO and ASTP sign Memorandum of Understanding

Tomorrow Shapers: 2023 Young Inventors Prize finalists announced

Fighting fire by sharing knowledge

PATLIB2023 conference

New case studies highlight how innovation fights cancer

European Inventor Award 2023 finalists announced

EPO President António Campinos visits OMPIC

Evaluation of the feedback on the Guidelines 2023

Girls´ Day at the EPO

EPO President visits Türkiye

Bundled information on the Unitary Patent

Modernised legal texts are now the official versions

EPO and OAPI heads of office bilateral meeting

EPO and EIB to conduct a study on clean and sustainable technologies

Winning artists announced

Public consultation on the EPO’s next Strategic Plan (SP2028)

First EPAC results are out

Tailoring our patent information products and services to users’ changing needs

Innovation stays strong: patent applications in Europe continue to grow in 2022

Easy access to EPO legal texts on any device

10 years of Cooperative Patent Classification marked

European qualifying examination 2023 completed

Digital transformation & Unitary Patent: users updated

EPO-JETRO annual meeting

Inspiring inventors – Elena García Armada

EPO discusses digitalisation at eighth eSACEPO meeting

EPO commemorates International Women’s Day

EPO and European Commission sign agreement on Unitary Patent

Greece train crash

Guidelines for Examination 2023 enter into force

EPO announces CodeFest winners

New Patent Filing Tool in Spain and Lithuania

The Unitary Patent is to become a reality

First training for all UPC appointed judges

Second public consultation on the EPO Observatory

Pan-European Seal Young Professionals Programme expands network of partner universities

Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria

CodeFest on Green Plastics: Finalists announced

Tell us your views on the latest EPC and PCT-EPO Guidelines

Quantum computing technologies on the rise

Patent grants up 10% at IP5 offices in 2021

Kids’ collaborative art competition

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the EPC

User consultation on the implementation of oral proceedings by videoconference (VICO) before the Boards of Appeal

German Constitutional Court decision on EPO appeal system

Hydrogen patents shift towards clean technologies with Europe and Japan in the lead

EPO and Peru IP Office make their PPH fast-track programme permanent