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Article Page(s) View Agreement dated 17 October 2000 on the application of Article 65 EPC 549 PDF HTML Agreement on the application of Article 65 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents 550-553 PDF HTML - ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
Article Page(s) View Composition of the Administrative Council Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at June 2001) 317-318 PDF HTML Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council Report on the 83rd meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (5 to 7 December 2000) 51-61 PDF HTML Report on the 85th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (26 to 28 June 2001) 363-373 PDF HTML Decisions of the Administrative Council Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 June 2001 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention 373-374 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 June 2001 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention and the Rules relating to fees 374-376 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 June 2001 amending the Rules relating to Fees 377 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 June 2001 amending the Rules relating to Fees 378-380 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 18 October 2001 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention 485-487 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 18 October 2001 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention 488-491 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 18 October 2001 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention 491-492 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 18 October 2001 amending the Rules relating to Fees 492-493 PDF HTML - BOARDS OF APPEAL
Article Page(s) View Decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 12 July 2000 – G 3/98 62-83 PDF HTML Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 12 July 2000 – G 2/99 83 PDF HTML Opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 27 November 2000 – G 4/98 131-147 PDF HTML Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 2 April 2001 – G 1/99 381-400 PDF HTML Opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 31 May 2001 – G 2/98 413-433 PDF HTML Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 31 October 2000 – J 15/98 183-190 PDF HTML Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 27 April 2001 – J 24/96 434-440 PDF HTML Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 21 May 1999 – T 727/95 1-12 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.3 dated 17 February 2000 – T 631/97 13-24 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 30 March 1999 – T 977/93 84-102 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 14 June 2000 – T 241/95 103-114 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 9 October 2000 – T 736/95 (Language of the proceedings) 191-195 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 7 April 2000 – W 6/99 196-202 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.2 dated 5 September 2000 – T 473/98 231-248 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 26 October 2000 – T 1129/97 273-289 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 12 May 2000 – T 728/98 319-340 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 8 September 2000 – T 931/95 441-457 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.5 dated 23 February 2001 – T 428/98 494-508 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.7 dated 30 March 2001 – T 777/98 509-520 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.4 dated 6 July 2001 – T 778/00 554-562 PDF HTML - INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Article Page(s) View Official Journal Index, Year 24/2001 Insert PDF Decisions of the President of the EPO Decision of the President of the EPO dated 7 September 2001 concerning documents excluded from file inspection 458-459 PDF HTML Decision of the President of the EPO dated 6 September 2001 implementing the Rules relating to Fees and amending the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes 521-522 PDF HTML Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 November 2001 concerning the number of copies to be filed of the documents making up the European patent application 563 PDF HTML Notices of the President of the EPO Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 1 October 2001 concerning the programme for accelerated prosecution of European patent applications – "PACE" 459-463 PDF HTML Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 29 August 2001 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2002 523 PDF HTML Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 19 October 2001 concerning the incidents of 11 September 2001 in the USA 563-564 PDF HTML Notices from the EPO Notice of 27 November 2000 concerning forms and publications available from the EPO 25-31 PDF HTML Notice concerning the composition for 2001 of the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal 32 PDF HTML Notice concerning the composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and the boards of appeal of the European Patent Office in the 2001 working year 33-39 PDF HTML 2nd Line Customer Services (2LCS) 42 PDF HTML Binders for the Patent Bulletin and the Official Journal 42 PDF HTML Notice from the European Patent Office dated 21 December 2000 concerning amendment of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office 115-116 PDF HTML Replacement sheets for the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO 116 PDF HTML Opposition procedure in the EPO 148-155 PDF HTML Notice concerning the composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and the boards of appeal of the European Patent Office in the 2001 working year 203 PDF HTML Notice from the European Patent Office dated 28 May 2001 about Internet access to the Online European Patent Register 249-250 PDF HTML CDS – the Client Database Systems Project 251-252 PDF HTML Notice from the European Patent Office dated 31 August 2001 concerning amendment of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office 464 PDF HTML Replacement sheets for the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO 465 PDF HTML Notice dated 1 October 2001 concerning new patent application numbering system for 2002 465-467 PDF HTML Box number advertisements 468 PDF HTML Information desk, electronic library and main library move to PschorrHöfe 468 PDF HTML Notice dated 1 October 2001 concerning the introduction of the euro 524-525 PDF HTML Information desk, electronic library and main library move to PschorrHöfe 525 PDF HTML Notice dated 16 November 2001 concerning revised Form 1200 564-585 PDF HTML Notice dated 1 December 2001 concerning amendments to the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention and the Rules relating to Fees 586-590 PDF HTML Supplement to OJ 4/2001
The electronic filing of European patent applicationsSupplement to OJ 4/2001 PDF HTML Publications Information regarding the publication of European patent documents New publication system for corrections to A and B documents 117-119 PDF HTML Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention – edition 2001 290 PDF HTML Other information List of holidays observed by EPO filing offices and the national patent authorities in 2001 40-41 PDF HTML - REPRESENTATION
Article Page(s) View Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination Examination Board for the European qualifying examination 120-121 PDF HTML Members of the examination committees 291 PDF HTML Examination Board for the European qualifying examination 469-471 PDF HTML Examination Board for the European qualifying examination 591 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO List of professional representatives before the EPO 43-49 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 123-127 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 156-163 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 205-211 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 253-258 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 307-311 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 346-352 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 401-407 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 472-478 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 528-533 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 591-598 PDF HTML Disciplinary matters Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office 122 PDF HTML Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office 204 PDF HTML European qualifying examination Appointment of members of the Examination Board and examination committees 120 PDF HTML Announcement of the European qualifying examination 2002 291-306 PDF HTML Appointment of members of an examination committee 526-527 PDF HTML Notice from the Examination Secretariat: Compendium of the papers of the European qualifying examination 527-528 PDF HTML PRAKTIKA INTERN PRAKTIKA INTERN 2002: Training at the EPO for patent attorneys 341-345 PDF HTML CEIPI/epi Basic training in European patent law 212-214 PDF HTML European patents – Strasbourg seminars to prepare for the EQE 2002, involving the European Patent Office and European patent practitioners 312-313 PDF HTML Basic training in European patent law 352 PDF HTML Special Preparatory Course for the CEIPI Seminar on Paper D (legal questions) 353 PDF HTML - INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
Article Page(s) View BE Belgium Holidays observed by the Belgian Patent Office in 2001 164 PDF HTML National fees in euro 534-535 PDF HTML DE Germany Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) dated 27 October 1998 (X ZR 56/96) – "Sammelförderer" (Collecting conveyor) "Interpretation of (European) patent – doctrine of equivalents" – "EP 095 603" 215 PDF HTML Judgment of the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) of 2 March 1999 (X ZR 85/96) – " Spannschraube" (Clamping screw) "Interpretation and extent of protection of a (European) patent – interpretation according to the overall content of the patent specification – understanding of a person skilled in the art – patent specification as its own glossary – equivalent embodiment (denied) – EP 0 319 521 – rules of interpretation" 259-270 PDF HTML DK Denmark New fee rates 479 PDF HTML FI Finland New fee rates 479-480 PDF HTML FR France New fee rates 314-315 PDF HTML GB United Kingdom Decision of the Court of Appeal of 20 March 2000 408-411 PDF HTML GR Greece National fees in euro 599-600 PDF HTML IE Ireland National fees in euro 535-536 PDF HTML LU Luxembourg National fees in euro 536-537 PDF HTML MC Monaco National fees in euro 600 PDF HTML NL Netherlands National fees in euro 537-538 PDF HTML SE Sweden New rates for renewal fees 481 PDF HTML TR Turkey Impact of the European Patent Convention on national law 354-360 PDF HTML - FEES
Article Page(s) View Important notice concerning fees 50 PDF HTML Important notice 129 PDF HTML Important notice concerning fees 129 PDF HTML Important notice concerning fees 165 PDF HTML Important notice concerning fees 230 PDF HTML Important notice concerning fees 271 PDF HTML Important notice concerning fees 316 PDF HTML Important notice concerning fees 362 PDF HTML Important notice concerning fees 412 PDF HTML Important notice concerning fees 484 PDF HTML Important notice concerning fees 547 PDF HTML Important notice concerning fees 613 PDF HTML Rules relating to Fees - Decisions New prices for patent information products and services 271 PDF HTML SE Sweden 484 PDF HTML Decision of the President of the EPO dated 28 September 2001 revising the Office's fees and costs 543-546 PDF HTML Supplement No. 2 to OJ 2/2001
Schedule of fees as from 6 March 2001Supplement No. 2 to OJ 2/2001 PDF HTML Supplement to OJ 11/2001
Schedule of fees and costs of the EPO (effective as from 3 January 2002)Supplement to OJ 11/2001 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 50 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 165-181 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 230 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 271 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 316 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 362 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 412 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 484 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 547 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 613-619 PDF HTML Bank and giro accounts of the European Patent Organisation Bank accounts in Spain 272 PDF HTML - INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
Article Page(s) View General Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (situation on 1 March 2001) 216-229 PDF HTML PCT Accession by the Republic of Colombia (CO) 128 PDF HTML Accession by the Republic of Ecuador (EC) 229 PDF HTML Accession by the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (GQ) 361 PDF HTML Accession by the Republic of the Philippines (PH) 361 PDF HTML Business methods 482-483 PDF HTML Accession by the Sultanate of Oman (OM) 483 PDF HTML Accession by the Republic of Zambia (ZM) 483 PDF HTML Notice of the President of the EPO dated 2 November 2001 concerning rationalisation of international preliminary examination procedure at the EPO 539-542 PDF HTML Accession by the Republic of Tunisia (TN) 542 PDF HTML Amended Agreement between the European Patent Organisation and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 601-609 PDF HTML Budapest Treaty International Micro-organism Depositary Authorities 610-612 PDF HTML
Supplements / Special editions
| Supplement No. 2 to OJ 2/2001 Schedule of fees as from 6 March 2001 | |||
| Supplement to OJ 4/2001 The electronic filing of European patent applications | HTML | ||
| Supplement to OJ 11/2001 Schedule of fees and costs of the EPO (effective as from 3 January 2002) | |||
| Special Edition no. 1 to OJ EPO 2001: Diplomatic Conference 2000 20 to 29 November 2000 | |||
| Special Edition no. 2 to OJ EPO 2001: 10th European Patent Judges' Symposium Luxembourg 19 to 23 September 2000 | |||
| Special Edition no. 3 to OJ EPO 2001: EPO Board of Appeal Case Law in 2000 | |||
| Special Edition no. 4 to OJ EPO 2001: REVISION OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION (DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE 2000) |