2014

In a joint interview with Managing IP, the President of the EPO, Benoît Battistelli, and the Chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation, Jesper Kongstadt, are taking position on some questions related to the EPO that were recently debated in the media.

A current industrial dispute involving strike action at the European Patent Office (EPO) has been the subject of some recent public comment

Après le compte-rendu du Président du Conseil concernant les dernières réunions du Bureau du Conseil d'administration, le Président de l'Office, Benoît Battistelli, a présenté son rapport d'activités. Le Conseil a exprimé son entière satisfaction.

Le Conseil a traité un certain nombre de questions concernant le personnel supérieur et les chambres de recours. En particulier, le Conseil s'est penché sur les dispositions en matière disciplinaire qui sont applicables au personnel supérieur nommé par le Conseil au titre de l'article 11(1), (2) et (3) CBE et, compte tenu de ses obligations découlant de l'article 11(4) CBE, est convenu d'établir une Commission de discipline du Conseil.

L'OEB a obtenu la certification ISO 9001 pour son système de gestion de la qualité, qui porte sur les étapes de recherche, d'examen, d'opposition, de limitation et de révocation de sa procédure de délivrance des brevets.

A current industrial dispute involving strike action at the European Patent Office (EPO) has been the subject of some recent public comment

Since the appointment of the new European Commission, EPO President Benoît Battistelli recently had the opportunity to meet with two Commissioners whose responsibilities include matters related to the patent system.

The EPO has signed a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot programme with the Israel Patent Office to enable accelerated treatment of patent applications starting in January.

More than 2 million patent applications were filed at the world's five largest IP offices in 2013, an increase of 11% over 2012, according to the 2013 edition of the IP5 Statistics Report just published.

A current industrial dispute involving strike action at the European Patent Office (EPO) has been the subject of some recent public comment.

Today the long-awaited Opinions of the Advocate General on the legal challenges by Spain against the unitary patent package have been issued by the Court of the Justice for the European Union (CJEU).

The heads of the EPO and SIPO met in Brussels this week to discuss how to further improve and align their patent systems in order to better support innovation.

The EPO and India signed a Memorandum of Understanding on bilateral co-operation establishing a framework for structured work relations between the EPO and the Intellectual Property Office of India (IPO India)

Some 400 IP professionals from across the globe are gathering in Warsaw this week for the EPO's annual Patent Information Conference.

Deux ex-finalistes du Prix de l'inventeur européen viennent de se voir décerner le Prix Nobel 2014 par l'Académie royale des sciences de Suède. Le finaliste du Prix de l'inventeur européen 2007, Shuji Nakamura (États-Unis), a reçu le Prix Nobel de physique, et le finaliste du Prix de l'inventeur européen 2008, Stefan Hell (Allemagne), a reçu le Prix Nobel de Chimie.

In order to continue to improve the quality of services to its users by establishing a one-stop shop for applicants, the European Patent Office (EPO) today launched a new system for the online filing of patent applications.

In an effort to boost innovation and trade, the EPO has signed Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot programmes with the patent offices of Canada, Mexico and Singapore to launch accelerated treatment of patent applications, starting in January 2015.

EPO President Benoît Battistelli met Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Jan Mládek and other representatives of government, industry and academia in Prague this week to discuss how to further strengthen the patent system to support innovation and economic growth.

Plus de 6 millions de visiteurs en seulement 16 jours, plus de 6,7 millions de litres de bière, la tour de chute libre la plus haute du monde : la Fête de la bière à Munich, qui commence cette année le 20 septembre, est l'attraction de tous les superlatifs.

Meeting in Santander, Spain, EPO President Benoît Battistelli and the Director General of the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, Patricia García-Escudero Márquez, signed an agreement to promote the quality and efficiency of the Latin American patent system to the benefit of its users and of European industry in particular.

Publié la première fois pour l'année 2012, le bilan social a pour but de permettre une compréhension commune de la situation sociale actuelle à l'OEB ainsi que des défis à venir.

«C'est une avancée stratégique pour le système des brevets en Tunisie », a déclaré le Président Benoît Battistelli. «Cet accord simplifiera l'accès à la protection par brevet en Tunisie pour les demandeurs et titulaires de brevets européens qui le souhaitent.»

Avec le projet "Early Certainty from Search", l'OEB poursuit plusieurs objectifs : émettre les rapports de recherche et les opinions écrites relatives à la brevetabilité dans les six mois à compter du dépôt ; clôturer les dossiers d'examen en cours avant d'entamer de nouveaux dossiers ; accélérer la délivrance en cas d'avis favorable au stade de la recherche.

At the meeting, the Council expressed its continued support for the EPO's quality/efficiency strategy adopted in 2011 under President Battistelli, which is being implemented by means of five „roadmaps" in the areas of IT, co-operation, human resources, buildings and quality.

EPO President Benoît Battistelli and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte jointly laid the foundation stone for the EPO’s new main building at the Rijswijk site.

Non moins de 500 invités de marque du monde des affaires, de la science, de la culture et de la politique - dont Heiko Maas, ministre fédéral de la Justice et de la Protection du consommateur - se sont rendus dans la capitale allemande pour assister à la cérémonie de remise organisée dans l'ancienne Administration impériale des télégraphes ("Kaiserliches Telegrafenamt").

The EPO and the national patent offices of the EPO member states (incl. Extension states) met in Crete on 12/13 June to discuss how to advance co-operation in order to improve the quality and efficiency of the European patent system, and thus better serve inventors and industry.

Le nouveau site (m.epo.org) ne couvre pas tout le contenu du site web principal de l'OEB. Il se concentre sur les services et les informations plébiscitées par les utilisateurs dans les enquêtes et les groupes de réflexion.

The IP5 heads agreed to increase the quality of the patent documentation, promote public access to "file wrapper" information at the IP5 level, start work on patent harmonization, launch the update of the IP5 website and collaborate on the development of the Patent Cooperation Treaty system.

The EPO and SIPO today announced the launch of a new EPO service, called the Global Dossier, that displays European and Chinese dossier content on a family of patent applications (applications for the same invention filed at multiple offices).

At their annual bilateral meeting today in Seoul, the heads of the two offices agreed on a number of new co-operation projects aimed at increasing efficiency in the patent granting process through co-ordination and training in classification practices, and improved access to patent documentation.

The EPO’s new smart TV app brings innovation and inventors to your living room

Munich, le 28 mai 2014

EPO President Benoît Battistelli and President of the Turkish Patent Institute, Prof. Dr. Habip Asan, opened a conference of Europe's patent information centres (PATLIB) in Istanbul today.

Following the announcement of this year’s finalists for the European Inventor Award 2014 last week, we have now opened the competition to the public – you can now vote for your favourite individual or team to win the Popular Prize.

The EPO's Economic and Scientific Advisory Board (ESAB) has issued a statement on the Unitary Patent package, based on a study commissioned to Europe Economics and a report of a two-day workshop.

Fifteen pioneering inventors and/or teams have been named as finalists for the European Inventor Award 2014. The prize will be presented by the European Patent Office (EPO) at a gala ceremony in Berlin on 17 June.

The European Union's Observatory on Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights has launched a survey on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries.

Munich, le 26 mars 2014

Munich, les 27 et 28 mars 2014

A dedicated Training Centre for the Unified Patent Court was officially opened today in Budapest. The centre will function as a coordinating office for the training of judges and candidate judges of the new court system which, together with the unitary patent, is expected to start operating in 2015.

En 2013, l'OEB a reçu 266.000 demandes de brevet, contre 258.000 en 2012. L'OEB a accordé 66.700 brevets, soit 1,6% de plus qu'en 2012 (65.600), un nouveau record

The EPO signed a co-operation agreement today with the UK Intellectual Property Office aimed at helping both offices deliver high-quality and timely services to businesses and inventors.

Mr. Battistelli noted the growing economic significance of the Southeast Asian region and welcomed this new regional co-operation framework as a contribution to further consolidating the development of innovation and the knowledge-based society among the Members States of ASEAN.

Twenty-five senior patent professionals from Europe, Japan and the USA took the opportunity to share experiences with EPO examiners, lawyers and procedural experts in an effort to enhance understanding of how examiners apply Art. 123(2) EPC, and raise awareness among examiners of the problems encountered by users.

Meeting in Mexico City the heads of the EPO and IMPI agreed to enhance their co-operation on patents in an effort to support innovation in both regions.

L'OEB a enregistré plus de 265 000 demandes de brevet en 2013, ce qui représente une hausse de 2,8 % par rapport à 2012 (257 700 demandes), et marque un nouveau record historique. L'année dernière, à l'issue d'une procédure de recherche et d'examen de grande qualité, l'OEB a délivré et publié 66 700 brevets, soit 1,7 % de plus qu'en 2012 (65 600).