Reader's Guide
1. Abbreviations
Art. |
Article |
BlfPMZ |
Blatt für Patent-, Muster- und Zeichenwesen (German periodical) |
Budapest Treaty |
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms |
CAFC |
US Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit |
cf. |
compare |
Corr. |
Corrigendum |
DBA |
Disciplinary Board of Appeal |
DG |
Directorate General of the European Patent Office |
DPMA |
German Patent Office |
EC |
European Community |
ECHR |
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
ECtHR |
European Court of Human Rights |
ed. |
edition |
e.g. |
for example |
EPC |
European Patent Convention |
epi |
European Patent Institute (Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office) |
EPO |
European Patent Office |
EQE |
European Qualifying Examination |
et seq. |
and the following |
GRUR |
Zeitschrift für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (German periodical) |
Guidelines |
Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office |
i.e. |
that is |
IPEA |
International Preliminary Examining Authority |
IPER |
International Preliminary Examination Report |
IPREE |
Implementing provisions to the Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives |
IRPI |
French Institute for Research into Intellectual Property |
ISA |
International Searching Authority |
ISPE Guidelines |
International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines |
no. |
number |
OJ |
Official Journal of the European Patent Office |
OJ SE |
Special Edition of the Official Journal of the European Patent Office |
Paris Convention |
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property |
PCT |
Patent Cooperation Treaty |
R. |
Rule |
RDR |
Regulation on Discipline for Professional Representatives |
REE |
Regulation on the European Qualifying Examination for Professional Representatives |
rev. |
revised |
RPBA |
Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal |
RPDBA |
Additional Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal |
Rules of Procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal |
|
RFees |
Rules relating to Fees |
SISA |
Supplementary International Searching Authority |
TRIPS |
Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
UPOV |
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants |
USPTO |
United States Patent and Trademark Office |
WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organization |