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5 - May
6 - June
7 - July
8 - August
9 - September
10 - October
11 - November
12 - December
Supplements / Special editions
Supplement to OJ 3/1998
Supplement to OJ 5/1998
Supplement to OJ 11/1998
Supplement 2 to OJ 11/1998
Special edition

Grouped contents, 1998

EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISATION
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Cyprus accedes to the European Patent Convention1-2PDFHTML
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
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Composition of the Administrative Council
Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at December 1997)15-16PDFHTML
Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at June 1998)401-402PDFHTML
Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at November 1998)565-566PDFHTML
Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council
Report on the 69th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation in The Hague (2 to 5 December 1997)3-14PDFHTML
Report on the 71st meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation in Munich (16 to 17 June 1998)391-400PDFHTML
BOARDS OF APPEAL
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Information from the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Communication from the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning Case G 1/98509PDFHTML
Referrals by the President of the European Patent Office509-510PDFHTML
Referrals by boards of appeal (G 3/98)567PDFHTML
Referrals by the President of the European Patent Office (G 4/98)567-568PDFHTML
Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal 3.1.1 dated 10 March 1997 – J 29/94147-160PDFHTML
Decision of Legal Board of Appeal 3.1.1 dated 14 July 1997 – J 16/96347-358PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 1 October 1997 – J 18/96403-412PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal 3.1.1 dated 4 July 1997 – J 22/95569-581PDFHTML
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 3 September 1997 – J 29/96581-586PDFHTML
Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 11 February 1997 – T 655/9217-23PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.2 dated 17 April 1997 – T 382/9424-31PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 1 April 1997 – T 750/9432-44PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 2 July 1996 – T 649/9297-112PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.3 dated 20 November 1996 – T 472/92161-182PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 17 October 1996 – T 85/93183-198PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 25 February 1997 – T 136/95198-210PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 11 June 1997 – T 329/94241-249PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 9 July 1997 – T 1105/96249-255PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 14 May 1997 – T 254/93285-296PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.5 dated 22 September 1997 – T 522/94421-440PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 5 December 1997 – T 951/97440-449PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.3 dated 15 July 1997 – T 97/94467-479PDFHTML
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.1 dated 25 February 1997 – T 136/95480PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 23 January 1998 – T 939/95481-488PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 12 February 1998 – T 990/96489-498PDFHTML
Referral-Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 13 October 1997 – T 1054/96511-553PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 20 October 1997 – T 460/95587-596PDFHTML
Decisions of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal
Decision of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 17 March 1997 – D 25/9645-54PDFHTML
Decision of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 9 June 1997 – D 15/95297-301PDFHTML
Decision of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 18 July 1997 – D 8/96302-311PDFHTML
INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
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Legal Advice No. 15/98 – Auxiliary requests in examination and opposition proceedings113-118PDFHTML
Cancellation of Legal advice notices359PDFHTML
Official Journal Index, Year 21/1998InsertPDF 
Decisions of the President of the EPO
Decision of the President of the EPO dated 14 May 1998 concerning phased implementation and use of the PHOENIX electronic file system for the creation, maintenance, preservation and inspection of files360-361PDFHTML
Supplement to OJ 3/1998
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 9 February 1998 laying down the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in Cypriot pounds (CYP)
Supplement to OJ 3/1998PDFHTML
Supplement to OJ 5/1998
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 20 April 1998 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in the currencies of certain Contracting States
Supplement to OJ 5/1998PDFHTML
Supplement No. 2 to OJ 11/1998
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 2 October 1998 concerning the presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequences in patent applications and the filing of sequence listings
Supplement No. 2 to OJ 11/1998PDFHTML
Notices of the President of the EPO
Notice of the President of the EPO dated 20 April 1998 concerning the extension of time limits under Rule 85 EPC256PDFHTML
Notice from the President of the EPO dated 19 May 1998 concerning accelerated processing of oppositions where infringement proceedings have been instituted361-362PDFHTML
Notice from the President of the EPO dated 17 September 1998 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 1999554PDFHTML
Notices of the Vice-Presidents
Notice from the Vice-President, Directorate-General 3 concerning decisions taken by the Disciplinary Board of Appeal211PDFHTML
Notice from the Vice-President Directorate-General 3 dated 19 May 1998 concerning accelerated processing before the boards of appeal362-363PDFHTML
Notices from the EPO
Notice concerning the composition for 1998 of the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal55PDFHTML
Notice concerning the composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and the boards of appeal of the EPO in the 1998 working year56-63PDFHTML
Trilateral Statistical Report for 199663PDFHTML
Binders for the Patent Bulletin and the Official Journal66PDFHTML
Standing Advisory Committee before the EPO (SACEPO)66-68PDFHTML
Impact of the year 2000 on dates and patent document numbers256PDFHTML
Corrigendum: New patent law in Hong Kong (OJ EPO 1997, 429)InsertPDFHTML
EASY in Finland450PDFHTML
Notice of 5 August 1998 concerning forms and publications available from the EPO451-457PDFHTML
Notice dated 3 September 1998 concerning the introduction of the euro499-500PDFHTML
EASY in Belgium555PDFHTML
Notice dated 20 November 1998 concerning new versions of various forms597-598PDFHTML
Introduction of paragraph numbering in European patent documents598-600PDFHTML
Publications
Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention 1998413PDFHTML
Publication of the Official Journal555PDFHTML
Other information
List of holidays observed by EPO filing offices and the national patent authorities in 199863-65PDFHTML
REPRESENTATION
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List of professional representatives before the EPO
List of professional representatives before the EPO69-73PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO128-137PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO212-216PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO257-261PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO318-320PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO384-388PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO414-418PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO458-461PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO503-505PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO556-559PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO603-613PDFHTML
Disciplinary matters
Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office126-127PDFHTML
European qualifying examination
Members of the Examination Board and Examination Committees; Examination results119PDFHTML
Instructions to candidates for preparing their answers119-124PDFHTML
List of references to landmark decisions125PDFHTML
Corrigendum: Compendium of the papers of the European qualifying examination (OJ EPO 1997, 577)126PDFHTML
European qualifying examination 1999312PDFHTML
Appointment of members of the Examination Board and examination committees364PDFHTML
Decision of the Examination Board of 28 April 1998364-368PDFHTML
Announcement of the European qualifying examination 1999369-383PDFHTML
Examination results414PDFHTML
Examination results458PDFHTML
Examination results501-502PDFHTML
Appointment of members of the Examination Board and examination committees601-602PDFHTML
Notice from the Examination Secretariat602PDFHTML
PRAKTIKA INTERN
Training at the EPO for patent attorneys312-317PDFHTML
CEIPI
Special Preparatory Course for the CEIPI Seminar on Paper D (legal questions)262PDFHTML
Seminars on the European patent462-463PDFHTML
CEIPI/epi
Basic training in European patent law138-140PDFHTML
epi
epi Tutorials74PDFHTML
Examiners are needed for the Examination Committees216PDFHTML
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 12 June 1996 – Recombinant DNA molecules "Effectiveness of a reservation in Austria – protection for pharmaceutical products per se" – "Whether a process for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical product is specified" – "Revocation of European patents" 217-218PDFHTML
CH Switzerland
Payment of renewal fees75PDFHTML
DE Germany
Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 5 June 1997 – Weichvorrichtung II (Steeping device II) "Extent of protection conferred by a patent – Relevance of limiting declarations in opposition proceedings" 141PDFHTML
Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 5 December 1995 – Corioliskraft (Coriolis force) "Period of grace – calculation" 263-266PDFHTML
Referral by the Bundespatentgericht (Federal Patent Court) dated 29 January 1998 – Translations/BASF "European patent deemed void if prescribed translation not filed – compatibility with EC Treaty (ECT)" – "Referral to ECJ" 267-277PDFHTML
Amendment of the Patent Law and other laws614-616PDFHTML
Decision of the Bundespatentgericht (Federal Patent Court) dated 25 August 1997 – Steuerbare Filterschaltung (Controllable filter switch) "Extent of protection conferred by a patent – no inadmissible extension of protection by deleting originally non-disclosed features in claims during opposition proceedings – Limitation of claims to scope of original disclosure takes precedence over prohibition on later extension of protection" 617-626PDFHTML
DK Denmark
New fee rates560PDFHTML
ES Spain
New fee rates76-77PDFHTML
GB United Kingdom
The Patents (Fees) Rules 1998506-507PDFHTML
IE Ireland
New fee rates77PDFHTML
LU Luxembourg
New patent legislation – summary78-80PDFHTML
New fee rates80-81PDFHTML
MC Monaco
New fee rates389PDFHTML
NL Netherlands
Decision of the Hoge Raad (Supreme Court) dated 13 January 1995 – Contact lens liquid "Extent of protection conferred by a patent – Consideration of grant file when determining extent of protection" 142PDFHTML
Decision of the Hoge Raad (Supreme Court) dated 23 June 1995 – Follicle stimulation hormone II "Period of grace – calculation – evident abuse" – "Right based on prior use" – "Right to conduct tests" 278-281PDFHTML
PT Portugal
New fee rates560-561PDFHTML
SE Sweden
Judgment of the Court of Patent Appeals of 10 May 1995 – Device for pay dispensers "Novelty – prior art – public prior use by placing a product on the market – reproducibility of product for skilled person" – "G 1/92 cited as landmark decision" 321-327PDFHTML
FEES
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Important notice145PDFHTML
Important notice283PDFHTML
Important notice563PDFHTML
Rules relating to Fees - Decisions
Notice concerning price reduction for use of the Register of European Patents on-line95PDFHTML
New prices for patent information products and services95PDFHTML
CY Cyprus419PDFHTML
Supplement No. 1 to OJ 11/1998
Fees as from 4 December 1998
Supplement No. 1 to OJ 11/1998PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices95PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices231-239PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices337-345PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices390PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices419PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices465PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices508PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices628-637PDFHTML
Fees payable under the PCT
Reductions in PCT fees627-628PDFHTML
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
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General
Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (situation on 1 March 1998)219-229PDFHTML
European Union
Green Paper on the Community patent82-84PDFHTML
Green Paper on the Community patent328-331PDFHTML
PCT
New agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT85-94PDFHTML
Launching of the beta-test of the PCT-EASY software for the filing of international applications143-144PDFHTML
Decision of the President of the EPO dated 26 February 1998 concerning the late-payment fee under Rule 58bis.2 PCT282PDFHTML
Amendments to the PCT Regulations which will enter into force on or after 1 July 1998332-336PDFHTML
Accession by Croatia (HR)336PDFHTML
Accession by Grenada (GD)464PDFHTML
Accession by India (IN)562PDFHTML
International exhibitions
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 55 EPC230PDFHTML


Supplements / Special editions


Supplement to OJ 3/1998
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 9 February 1998 laying down the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in Cypriot pounds (CYP)
 PDF 
Supplement to OJ 5/1998
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 20 April 1998 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in the currencies of certain Contracting States
 PDF 
Supplement No. 1 to OJ 11/1998
Fees as from 4 December 1998
 PDF 
Supplement No. 2 to OJ 11/1998
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 2 October 1998 concerning the presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequences in patent applications and the filing of sequence listings
 PDF 
Special Edition to OJ EPO 1998: EPO BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW IN 1997 PDFHTML

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