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Article Page(s) View Composition of the Administrative Council Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (situation: June 1988) 289-290 PDF Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council Report on the 28th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (8-10 December 1987) 81-82 PDF Report on the 29th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (7-10 June 1988) 287-289 PDF Decisions of the Administrative Council Decision of the Administrative Council of 8 October 1987 on the institution and administration of a Research Fund of the European Patent Organisation 161 PDF Decision of the Administrative Council of 10 December 1987 on the regulations governing the Research Fund of the European Patent Organisation 162-164 PDF Decision of the Administrative Council of 10 June 1988 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention 290-293 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 10 June 1988 amending the Rules relating to Fees 293-294 PDF - BOARDS OF APPEAL
Article Page(s) View Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 6 February 1987 J 12/86 *) (Official Text) 83 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 12 June 1987 – J 29/86 84 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 10 July 1987 – J 33/86 84 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 28 April 1987 – J 14/86 85 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 13 April 1987 – J 28/86 85-86 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 4 March 1987 – J 04/86 119-123 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 28 January 1987 – J 06/86 124-127 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 27 April 1987 – J 18/86 (Official Text) 165-172 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 2 June 1987 – J 4/87 172-176 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 21 May 1987 J ..(903)/87 177-182 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 20 May 1987 – J 14/87 295-302 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 17 August 1987 J ..(902)/87 323-330 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 20 July 1987 – J 2/87 330-336 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 26 November 1987 – J 11/87 367-372 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 9 October 1987 – J 15/86 417-422 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 28 October 1987 – J 7/87 422-425 PDF Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 11 December 1986 – T 153/85 1-12 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 6 November 1986 – T 9/86 12-19 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 21 May 1987 – T 26/86 19-25 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 13 January 1987 – T 37/85 86 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 31 March 1987 – T 389/86 87 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 28 July 1987 – T 155/85 87-88 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 23 September 1987 – T 299/86 88 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 21 January 1987 – T 222/85 128-134 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 27 April 1987 – T 35/87 134-141 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 12 June 1987 – W 1/87 182-185 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 15 May 1987 – T 81/84 207-211 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 5 June 1987 – W 07/85 211-215 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 23 January 1987 – T 244/85 216-224 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 10 August 1987 – T 63/86 224-227 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 23 March 1987 – T 42/84 251-254 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 3 July 1987 – T 219/86 254-261 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 11 June 1987 – T 237/86 261-263 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 11 August 1987 – T 2/87 264-267 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 16 April 1987 – T 19/87 268-271 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 23 July 1987 – T 291/85 302-308 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 25 September 1987 – T 385/86 308-316 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 17 March 1987 – T 226/85 336-341 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 9 March 1988 – T 271/85 341-344 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 29 April 1988 – T 349/86 345-347 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 26 April 1988 – T 59/87 347-353 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 9 April 1987 – T 156/84 372-381 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 16 September 1987 – T 7/86 381-386 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 21 October 1987 – T 378/86 386-393 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 2 October 1987 – W 04/87 425-427 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 25 August 1987 – T 133/85 441-451 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 7 July 1987 – T 162/86 452-462 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 7 December 1987 – T 178/84 463 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 9 December 1987 – T 66/85 463-464 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 15 April 1988 – T 317/86 464 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 14 December 1987 – W 08/87 465 PDF Decisions of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal Decision of Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 9 June 1987 – D 4/86 26-30 PDF Decision of Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 28 September 1987 – D 3/87 31-32 PDF Corrigendum: D 3/87 (OJ EPO 1-2/1988, 32) 141 PDF Decision of Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 28 September 1987 – D 3/87 271-273 PDF Headnotes of decisions scheduled for publication Publication of headnotes alone 83 PDF Headnotes of further decisions scheduled for publication 142 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 23 March 1987 – T 42/84 142 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 16 April 1987 – T 19/87 143 PDF Headnotes of further decisions scheduled for publication 186 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 20 May 1987 – J 14/87 186 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 9 April 1987 – T 156/84 187 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 17 March 1987 – T 226/85 188 PDF Headnotes of further decisions scheduled for publication 393 PDF Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 30 July 1987 – J 20/87 393-394 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 25 September 1987 – T 245/87 394 PDF Headnotes of further decisions scheduled for publication 428 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 22 September 1987 – T 175/84 428 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 5 November 1987 – T 254/86 429 PDF Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 29 October 1987 – T 416/86 429-430 PDF Decision of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 29 February 1988 – D 05/86 430-431 PDF - INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Article Page(s) View Official Journal Index, Year 11/1988 Insert PDF Decisions of the President of the EPO Decision of the President of the European Patent Office of 4 March 1988 on the implementation of the regulations governing the Research Fund of the European Patent Organisation 189-191 PDF Notices of the President of the EPO Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 11 November 1987 concerning the receipt of documents by the European Patent Office 33-34 PDF Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 5 February 1988 concerning the extension of time limits according to Rule 85 EPC 89 PDF Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 July 1988 concerning the application of Article 10b of the Rules relating to Fees 354 PDF Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 28 October 1988 concerning the extension of time limits according to Rule 85 EPC 466 PDF Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 21 October 1988 concerning days on which at least one of the EPO filing offices is not open for the receipt of documents during 1989 466-467 PDF Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 20 October 1988 concerning recognised micro-organism depositary institutions 467-468 PDF Notices of the Vice-Presidents Notice of the Vice-President Directorate-General 2 dated 6 October 1988 concerning adherence to time limits according to PCT Chapter II 468 PDF Notices from the EPO Notice of the European Patent Office concerning amendments and additions to the European Patent Bulletin 37-38 PDF HTML Notice concerning the composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office in the 1988 working year 38-42 PDF Binders for the Patent Bulletin and the Official Journal 91 PDF Appeal case number – addition of the number of the competent Board of Appeal 144 PDF European Patent Applications and Patents 274-281 PDF Patent Information and Documentation Handbook 395-401 PDF Organisational structure of the European Patent Office 432 PDF Decisions of the EPO Boards of Appeal on microfiche 468-470 PDF European Patent Applications and Patents, Half-year Statistics 1988 471 PDF New telephone number of the Berlin sub-office of the European Patent Office 471 PDF Supplement to OJ 11/1988
Vacancy and Organisation Structure of EPOSupplement to OJ 11/1988 PDF HTML Publications New European Patent Office publication 89-91 PDF Other information List of the dates on which the European Patent Office and the national patent authorities are not open for the receipt of documents during 1988 35-36 PDF - REPRESENTATION
Article Page(s) View Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination Members of the Examination Committees 43 PDF Members of the Examination Committees; European Qualifying Examination 1989 228-244 PDF Members of the Examination Committees; Examination results 433-434 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO List of professional representatives before the EPO 43-47 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 92-96 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 145-147 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 192-193 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 245-246 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 282-284 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 317-319 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 355-356 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 402-404 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 435-437 PDF List of professional representatives before the EPO 472-474 PDF Disciplinary matters Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office 284 PDF epi Further information from EPI and CEIPI concerning basic training in European patent law 47-48 PDF Training for the European Qualifying Examination 148 PDF - INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
Article Page(s) View Impact of the European Patent Convention on National Law 97 PDF AT Austria Legislation: 1987 Law amending the Patentand Trademark Fees 98 PDF CH Switzerland Case Law Decision of the (Commercial Court) of Canton Zurich of 6 August 1985 357 PDF DE Germany Case Law Decision of the Bundespatentgericht (Federal Patent Court), 17th Senate, dated 20 August 1985 (17 W (pat) 46/83) 49 PDF Case Law Decision of the Bundespatentgerichts (Federal Patent Court), 17th Senate, dated 18 March 1986 (17 W (pat) 74/84) 49-50 PDF Case Law Decision of the Bundespatentgericht (Federal Patent Court), 21st Senate, dated 22 July 1986 (21 W (pat) 84/83)) 50 PDF Case Law Decision of the Bundespatentgerlcht (Federal Patent Court) 17th Senate, dated 13 November 1986 (17 W (pat) 124/84; final) 51-57 PDF Case Law Decision of the Bundespatentgerlcht (Federal Patent Court), 17th Senate, of 3 February 1987 (17 W (pat) 62/85; final) 58-60 PDF Case Law 99-106 PDF Case Law Decision of the Bundespatentgericht (Federal Patent Court), 20th Senate, dated 8 February 1988 (20 W (pat) 37/85) 320 PDF Federal Republic of Germany: Case Law 405 PDF ES Spain Legislation: The new Patent Law 106-116 PDF FR France France: Case Law Judgment of the Tribunal de grande instance (First Instance Court), Paris, 3rd Chamber, dated 30 May 1986 357-359 PDF Judgment of the Tribunal de grande instance (First Instance Court), Rennes dated 23 June 1986 359-360 PDF Judgment of the Tribunal de grande instance (First Instance Court), Strasbourg (1st Civil Chamber), dated 2 February 1988 360-361 PDF GB United Kingdom Case Law Decision of the High Court of Justice, Patents Court, dated 7 April 1987 (Merril Lynch's application) 61-70 PDF Registration of European patents (UK) in overseas states or territories (Situation in February 1988) 194-195 PDF Legislation: The Patents (Fees) Rules 1988 321 PDF GR Greece Legislation: New Renewal fees 196 PDF IT Italy Legislation: Order in Council (Decreto legge) No. 3 of 13 January 1988 117 PDF NL Netherlands Case Law Decision of the Octroolraad, Afdeling van Beroep (Appeal Division of the Patent Office), dated 12 September 1985 (No. 15495)) 71-74 PDF Case law Decision of the Octroolraad, Afdeling van Beroep, (Appeal Division of the Patent Office) dated 11 May 1987 (No. 16624)) 75-78 PDF Legislation: 1987 Amending Law to the Patents Act 197-198 PDF Case Law Judgment of the Gerechtshof (Court of Appeal), The Hague, 3rd Chamber, dated 29 October 1986 362-363 PDF Case Law 405-415 PDF SE Sweden Case Law 198-205 PDF - FEES
Article Page(s) View Guidance for the payment of fees Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 80 PDF Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 118 PDF Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices Insert PDF Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 250 PDF Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 285 PDF Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices Insert PDF Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 366 PDF Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 440 PDF Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 477 PDF Supplement to OJ 5/1988
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and pricesSupplement to OJ 5/1988 PDF HTML Supplement to OJ 10/1988
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices – Fees payable to the EPO for international applications upon commencement of the "regional phase" (Euro-PCT applications)Supplement to OJ 10/1988 PDF HTML - INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
Article Page(s) View Strasbourg Patent Convention: Ratification by the Netherlands 79 PDF General States parties to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 79 PDF Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (Situation on 1 March 1988) 149-159 PDF PCT Days on which WIPO's International Bureau is not open for business 160 PDF Reduction in fees for the international search and preliminary examination of international applications filed by nationals of developing countries 205 PDF Amendment of the Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT 364-365 PDF Withdrawal by Denmark and Norway of the reservation concerning Chapter II of the PCT (international preliminary examination) 438-439 PDF Budapest Treaty International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities 118 PDF Accession by the Republic of Korea 160 PDF Micro-organism depositary authorities 206 PDF International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities 247-249 PDF International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities 322 PDF Micro-organism depositary authorities 416 PDF International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities: Australian Government Analytical Laboratories (AGAL) 475-476 PDF International exhibitions International exhibitions referred to in article 55 EPC 159-160 PDF
Supplements / Special editions
| Supplement to OJ 5/1988 Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices | |||
| Supplement to OJ 10/1988 Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices – Fees payable to the EPO for international applications upon commencement of the "regional phase" (Euro-PCT applications) | |||
| Supplement to OJ 11/1988 Vacancy and Organisation Structure of EPO | |||
| Special Edition to OJ EPO 1988: EPO Board of Appeal Case Law in 1987 |