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Supplements / Special editions
Supplement to OJ 4/1995
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ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
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Composition of the Administrative Council
Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation16-17PDFHTML
Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation466-467PDFHTML
Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council
Report on the 55th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (13 to 15 December 1994)1-8PDFHTML
Report on the 57th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (7 to 9 June 1995)461-465PDFHTML
Decisions of the Administrative Council
Decision of the Administrative Council of 13 December 1994 amending the European Patent Convention, its Implementing Regulations and the Rules relating to Fees9-13PDFHTML
Decision of the Administrative Council of 15 December 1994 concerning the reduction of the fees for the international search and preliminary examination carried out on an international application in favour of the nationals of central and eastern European states and members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)14-15PDFHTML
Decision of the Administrative Council of 9 June 1995 dispensing with the supplementary European search report511PDFHTML
Decision of the Administrative Council of 20 October 1995 amending the European Patent Convention741PDFHTML
BOARDS OF APPEAL
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Information from the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Referrals by boards of appeal171PDFHTML
Referrals by boards of appeal468PDFHTML
Referrals by the President of the European Patent Office595PDFHTML
Referrals by boards of appeal815-816PDFHTML
Decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 16 August 1994 – G 3/9318-24PDFHTML
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 30 November 1994 – G 10/93172-179PDFHTML
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 21 December 1994 – G 2/93275-287PDFHTML
Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 12 January 1994 – J 11/9225-34PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 27 October 1993 – J 41/9293-100PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 21 October 1993 – J 47/92180-187PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 20 May 1994 – J 27/92288-304PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 22 September and 17 November 1994 – J 11/94 596-604PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 7 February 1994 – J 2/93675-683PDFHTML
Interlocutory decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 7 December 1994 J 28/94742-745PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 18 January 1995 – J 7/94817-824PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 15 December 1994 – J 14/94824-830PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 27 February 1995 – J 27/94831-839PDFHTML
Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.2 dated 27 January 1994 – T 160/9235-46PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.3 dated 29 December 1993 – T 860/9347-56PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 3 March 1994 – T 552/91100-112PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 11 January 1994 – T 820/92113-125PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.2 dated 13 April 1994 – T 867/92126-131PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.2 dated 6 April 1994 – T 647/93132-137PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 9 March 1994 – T 435/91188-201PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.3 dated 10 March 1994 – T 951/91202-213PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 31 March 1994 – T 1055/92214-226PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 29 April 1992 – T 164/92305-323PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.3 dated 2 December 1993 – T 371/92324-336PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1. dated 10 May 1994 – T 590/93337-344PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 30 August 1994 – T 341/92373-379PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 22 July 1994 – T 802/92379-386PDFHTML
Corrigendum: Decisions of Technical Boards of Appeal T 164/92 and T 590/93 published in OJ EPO 1995, 305 and 337387PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.2 dated 26 April 1994 – T 925/91469-477PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.5 dated 1 July 1994 – T 726/93478-484PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 5 May 1994 – T 24/91 (Official text)512-518PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 24 October 1994 – T 659/92519-524PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 31 May 1994 – T 769/92525-544PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 21 February 1995 – T 356/93545-585PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 6 July 1994 – T 1002/92605-626PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 28 July 1994 – T 296/93627-633PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 20 June 1994 – T 455/91684-711PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 9 November 1994 – T 74/93712-720PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.2 dated 27 September 1994 – T 384/91745-755PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 17 August 1994 – T 952/92 (Official text)755-774PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 15 December 1994 – W 3/94775-783PDFHTML
Decisions of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal
Decision of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 23 September 1993 – D 1/93227-234PDFHTML
Decision of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 14 September 1994 – D 11/91721-729PDFHTML
INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
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Official Journal Index, Year 18/1995InsertPDF 
Decisions of the President of the EPO
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 11 April 1995 on the filing of priority documents408PDFHTML
Supplement to OJ 4/1995
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 March 1995 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in the currencies of certain Contracting States
Supplement to OJ 4/1995PDFHTML
Decisions of the examining and opposition divisions
Decision of the opposition division dated 8 December 1994388-407PDFHTML
Notices of the President of the EPO
Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 24 December 1994 concerning the programme for accelerated prosecution of European patent applications – "PACE"57-59PDFHTML
Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 24 December 1994 concerning the programme for accelerated prosecution of European patent applications – "PACE"485-487PDFHTML
Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 1 June 1995 concerning recognised microorganism depositary institutions488PDFHTML
Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 3 November 1995 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 1996840PDFHTML
Notices of the Vice-Presidents
Communication from the Vice-President, Directorate-General 3 of the European Patent Office, dated 19 May 1995 concerning the obligation to give notice pursuant to Rule 2(1), first sentence, EPC in proceedings before the boards of appeal (use of an alternative official language in oral proceedings)489PDFHTML
Notices from the EPO
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 6 December 1994 concerning revised EPO Form 1140 – Request for the furnishing of samples of deposited microorganisms62PDFHTML
Notice concerning the composition for 1995 of the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal63PDFHTML
Notice concerning the composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and the boards of appeal of the European Patent Office in the 1995 working year64-72PDFHTML
Binders for the Patent Bulletin and the Official Journal72PDFHTML
Erratum73PDFHTML
Notice of 3 February 1995 concerning forms and booklets available free of charge from the EPO138-141PDFHTML
EPO seminars on sequence listings and Patentin142PDFHTML
Free subscription to the online services of the European Patent Office235-238PDFHTML
Extension of European patents to Latvia345-346PDFHTML
Registration of European patents (UK) in overseas states or territories347-348PDFHTML
Singapore New Patents Act349PDFHTML
Notice dated 1 June 1995 concerning amendment of the European Patent Convention, the Implementing Regulations and the Rules relating to Fees409-423PDFHTML
Notice dated 24 April 1995 concerning amendment of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office424-433PDFHTML
Notice dated 24 April 1995 concerning an amendment to the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office (Part A)434-436PDFHTML
Notice dated 30 May 1995 concerning the filing of patent applications and other documents by facsimile490PDFHTML
Warning Beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents491PDFHTML
EASY project586-587PDFHTML
Notice dated 11 August 1995 concerning revised Form 1200634-651PDFHTML
Notice concerning changes in the composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and the boards of appeal of the European Patent Office in the 1995 working year730PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 September 1995 concerning the revised Request for Grant form784-802PDFHTML
Extension of European patents to Albania803PDFHTML
Notice dated 1 December 1995 concerning the application of Article 97(6) EPC – Acceleration of the proceedings841-842PDFHTML
Publications
National law relating to the EPC142PDFHTML
8th edition of the "European Patent Convention"437PDFHTML
8th edition of the "European Patent Convention" – Corrigendum634PDFHTML
Reissue of back copies of the Official Journal of the European Patent Office731PDFHTML
Other information
List of holidays observed by EPO filing offices and the national patent authorities in 199560-61PDFHTML
REPRESENTATION
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Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination
Examination secretariat for the European qualifying examination: Members of the Examination Board and of the Examantion Committees74-75PDFHTML
Members of the Examination Committees493PDFHTML
Decision of the Examination Board of 25 April 1995 amending Rule 9 of the Implementing provisions to the Regulation on the European qualifying examination652PDFHTML
Examination results732-733PDFHTML
Corrigendum: Examination results 1995 (OJ EPO 1995, 732)805PDFHTML
1. Examination results; 2. Members of the Examination Board and Examination Committees843PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO
List of professional representatives before the EPO75-86PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO156-164PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO239-248PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO350-354PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO453-456PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO499-501PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO588-592PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO653-655PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO734-738PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO805-808PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO845-856PDFHTML
Disciplinary matters
Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office492PDFHTML
European qualifying examination
European qualifying examination143PDFHTML
List of references to landmark decisions143-145PDFHTML
Instructions to candidates concerning the conduct of the examination145-148PDFHTML
Instructions to candidates for preparing their answers148-152PDFHTML
Instructions to invigilators153-155PDFHTML
European qualifying examination 1996438-452PDFHTML
Notice from Examination Secretariat844PDFHTML
PRAKTIKA INTERN
Training at the EPO for patent attorneys493-498PDFHTML
CEIPI/epi
EPI Tutorial 199587-88PDFHTML
Basic training in European patent law249-251PDFHTML
European qualifying examination EPI tutorial 1995355-356PDFHTML
Council of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office, EPI502-506PDFHTML
Seminars on the European patent: Seminars organised with the assistance of the European Patent Office and European industrial property practitioners656-657PDFHTML
INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
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AT Austria
Decision of the Oberster Patent- und Markensenat (Supreme Patent and Trademark Chamber) dated 9 March 1994, Op 7/93 (N 2/91)507PDFHTML
DK Denmark
New fee rates165PDFHTML
ES Spain
New fee rates166-167PDFHTML
FR France
New fee rates167PDFHTML
Judgment of the Cour de cassation (court of cassation), commercial division, dated 26 October 1993252-257PDFHTML
GB United Kingdom
European patents (UK): English translations857PDFHTML
GR Greece
New fee rates89PDFHTML
MC Monaco
Payment of renewal fees809PDFHTML
NL Netherlands
1995 patent law809-812PDFHTML
PT Portugal
New fee rates812-813PDFHTML
FEES
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Important Notice273PDFHTML
Rules relating to Fees - Decisions
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 December 1994 charging a fee for consulting the Register of European Patents91PDFHTML
Paper products – 20% discount372PDFHTML
Change of EPO account details at DEN DANSKE BANK in Denmark373PDFHTML
ES Spain458PDFHTML
GB United Kingdom458PDFHTML
IE Ireland458PDFHTML
IT Italy459PDFHTML
SE Sweden594PDFHTML
EPIDOS price list859PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices91PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices169PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices359-371PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices460PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices509PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices594PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices660-672PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices740PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices814PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices859PDFHTML
Bank and giro accounts of the European Patent Organisation
Change of EPO bank account number at the Banco Exterior de España in Spain373PDFHTML
Change of EPO bank account number in Monaco459PDFHTML
Fees payable under the PCT
Fees payable under the PCT92PDFHTML
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
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General
Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (situation on 1 March 1995)258-269PDFHTML
PCT
Accession by Singapore (SG)90PDFHTML
Accession by Iceland (IS)90PDFHTML
Corrigendum: Revised information for PCT applicants concerning the procedure before the EPO as an International Preliminary Examining Authority under Chapter II PCT (OJ EPO 1994, 681, 683)168PDFHTML
Reduced international search and preliminary examination fees on international applications, for nationals of the "countries in transition"271PDFHTML
Reduced international search and preliminary examination fees on international applications, for nationals of developing countries357PDFHTML
Declaration of continuation by Turkmenistan (TM)358PDFHTML
NL Netherlands457PDFHTML
Accession by the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MK)508PDFHTML
Switzerland and Liechtenstein to be bound by Chapter II of the PCT593PDFHTML
Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT658PDFHTML
Accession by Albania (AL)659PDFHTML
Accession by Lesotho (LS)739PDFHTML
Accession by Azerbaijan (AZ)858PDFHTML
Accession by Turkey (TR)858PDFHTML
Budapest Treaty
International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities: Czech Collection of Micro-organisms (CCM) (CZ)272PDFHTML
International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities659PDFHTML
International exhibitions
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 55 EPC270PDFHTML


Supplements / Special editions


Supplement to OJ 4/1995
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 March 1995 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in the currencies of certain Contracting States
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Special Edition to OJ EPO 1995: EPO BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW IN 1994 PDF 

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