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Official Journal June 2020

Online publication date: 30.6.2020
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Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at June 2020)A69PDFHTML
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 May 2020 temporarily suspending the application of Rule 51, paragraph 2, EPC with respect to the additional fee, as referred to in Article 2, paragraph 1, item 5, of the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 6/20)A70PDFHTML
EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE
Information from the EPO
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 13 May 2020 concerning the filing of documents during telephone consultations and during interviews and oral proceedings held by videoconferenceA71PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 13 May 2020 revising its Notices dated 1 April 2020, concerning oral proceedings and interviews to be held by videoconference, and 14 April 2020, concerning the pilot project for oral proceedings by videoconference before opposition divisionsA72PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 26 May 2020 concerning abolition of the option to waive the right to a further communication under Rule 71(3) EPCA73PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 27 May 2020 concerning the disruptions due to the COVID-19 outbreakA74PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 29 May 2020 concerning the temporary suspension of the application of Rule 51(2) of the European Patent Convention with respect to the additional fee for belated payment of a renewal fee for a European patent application (Article 2(1), item 5, of the Rules relating to Fees)A75PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 29 May 2020 concerning implementation of amended Rule 142(2) EPCA76PDFHTML
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 4 June 2020 amending Annex A.1 to the Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) ‒ Arrangements for the automatic debiting procedure (AAD) and Annex A.2 to the ADA ‒ Information from the EPO concerning the automatic debiting procedureA77PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 4 June 2020 concerning changes to fee payment via the automatic debiting procedureA78PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 3 June 2020 concerning the resumption of proceedings following opinion G 3/19 of the Enlarged Board of AppealA79PDFHTML
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 June 2020 concerning the entrustment to non-examining staff of certain duties incumbent on the examining or opposition divisionsA80PDFHTML
Notice from the EPO dated 14 June 2020 concerning the applicability of new Rule 20.5bis PCT on the correction of erroneous filings in proceedings before the EPOA81PDFHTML
Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia based on PCT and national work productsA82PDFHTML
Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines based on PCT and national work productsA83PDFHTML
Representation
List of professional representatives before the EPOA84PDFHTML
Fees
Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA85PDFHTML
Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patentsA86PDFHTML
BOARDS OF APPEAL
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of 16 July 2019 - G 2/19A87PDFHTML