28.3.2023The European Patent Office (EPO) received 193 460 applications in 2022, an increase of 2.5% on the previous year and a new record.
27.3.2023Your feedback will help us make further improvements
24.3.2023President Campinos: CPC now the most powerful classification system in the world
23.3.20232 148 candidates of 58 nationalities participated in this year’s European qualifying examination (EQE).
22.3.2023Members of SACEPO Working Party on Rules discussed latest changes
20.3.2023European Patent Office receives delegation from the Japan External Trade Organization
17.3.2023Meet the expert behind the first adaptable robotic exoskeleton for children
15.3.2023User representatives from Europe, China, Japan, Korea and the United States met online to exchange on digital transformation in the patent grant process and advances in online services.
8.3.2023Theme for 2023 puts spotlight on innovation and gender equality
7.3.2023Working arrangement covers data sharing and cooperation activities
1.3.2023EPO staff and management express their sympathy for the victims
1.3.2023The latest EPC and PCT-EPO Guidelines enter into force on 1 March 2023, with the public user consultation continuing until 4 April.
27.2.2023Outstanding solutions highlight the potential of machine learning for identifying sustainable innovation in the field of plastics.
27.2.2023First two countries implement filing tool
17.2.2023Germany has deposited its instrument of UPCA ratification.
13.2.2023Five days of intense sessions in Budapest.
10.2.2023Share your input before 10 March and help steer the Observatory’s key topics, tools and activities.
9.2.2023110th network member joins, as 9th edition of programme launches.
7.2.2023EPO staff and management express their sympathy for the victims.
6.2.2023The countdown begins to the online award ceremony on 23 February, when the winners will be revealed.
1.2.2023Users have until 4 April 2023 to provide their input on the Guidelines published today.
25.1.2023New EPO study reveals strong increase in the number of inventions in the field of quantum computing.
24.1.2023The world’s five largest intellectual property offices publish their latest statistics report.
23.1.2023Opportunity for primary school children to express their dreams of a more sustainable world.
16.1.2023This year, the European Patent Office (EPO) celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the European patent system.
16.1.2023Article 15a of the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal
12.1.2023The German Federal Constitutional Court has published a decision today confirming that the EPO’s appeal system provides independent and effective judicial relief, as required by the German constitution for courts of international organisations
10.1.2023Latest EPO-IEA report is the most comprehensive and up-to-date study of global trends in hydrogen technologies
9.1.2023Following a successful 3-year pilot, the Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the EPO and the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (Peru) (INDECOPI) became permanent on 2 January 2023.
