INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Notice from the European Patent Office concerning amendments and additions to the European Patent Bulletin
The following amendments and additions will be made to the European Patent Bulletin as from the eighth publication week 1986 (date of publication: 19 February 1986)1:
1. Section I.6(2)
This Section will now also include international search reports published separately. The heading will therefore be supplemented as follows:
“Separate publication of the European or international search report”.
2. Section I.6(3)
There will be a new Section I.6(3) consisting of the following heading and bibliographic data:
“Drawing up of a supplementary European search report
(11) Publication number
(51) International patent classification
(87) PCT publication number
Date of despatch”.
3. Section I.7
Section I.7 will become Section I.7(1); its heading and bibliographic data will remain the same.
4. Section I.7(2)
There will be a new Section I.7(2) consisting of the following heading and bibliographic data:
“Date of despatch of first examination report
(11) Publication number
(51) International patent classification
Date of despatch”.
5. Section I.8(4)
Section I.8(4) will be amended as follows:
“Date of receipt of request for re-establishment of rights
(11) Publication number
(51) International patent classification
Date of receipt of request”.
6. Section I.8(5)
There will be a new Section I.8(5) consisting of the following heading and bibliographic data:
“Date and purport of decision on request for re-establishment of rights
(11) Publication number
(51) International patent classification
Date of decision
Re-establishment granted or refused”.
7. Section II.1
The full bibliographic data will be supplemented by the publication code “B1”.
In the legend the following clarification will be added with respect to INID code 84:
“(84) Designated contracting States for which the European patent is granted”.
8. Section II.7(3)
The bibliographic data will be supplemented as follows:
“(11) unchanged
(51) unchanged
(84) Designated contracting States for which the European patent is revoked
Date of revocation decision (unchanged)”.
9. Section II.7(4)
The full bibliographic data will be included as in Section II(1). The publication code “B2” will also appear. In the legend to this Section the INID code (84) will be supplemented after “Designated Contracting States” by the words “for which the European patent is maintained”.
The reference to the “Date of decision maintaining the European patent as amended” will remain the same.
10. Section II.7(6)
There will be a new Section II.7(6) consisting of the following heading and bibliographic data:
“Termination of the opposition procedure
(11) Publication number
(51) Internal patent classification
Date of decision”.
11. Section II.8
Section II. will become Section II.8(1) consisting of the following data:
“Date of receipt of request for re-establishment of rights
(11) Publication number
(51) International patent classification
Date of receipt of request”.
12. Section II.8(2)
There will be a new Section II.8(2) consisting of the following heading and bibliographic data:
“Date and purport of decision on request for re-establishment of rights
(11) Publication number
(51) International patent classification
Date of decision
Re-establishment granted or refused”.