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Article Page(s) View The Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Estonia accede to the European Patent Convention 249-250 PDF HTML Slovenia accedes to the European Patent Convention 463-465 PDF HTML Hungary accedes to the European Patent Convention 541-542 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 May 2002) 345-346 PDF HTML Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at November 2002) 566-567 PDF HTML Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council Report on the 87th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (11 to 13 December 2001) 69-82 PDF HTML Report on the 89th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (4 to 7 June 2002, Stockholm) 415-428 PDF HTML Decisions of the Administrative Council Decision of the Administrative Council of 13 December 2001 amending the Rules relating to Fees (Article 10) 1-2 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 13 December 2001 amending Rule 29(2) EPC 2-3 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 7 June 2002 amending the Regulation on the establishment of an Institute of professional representatives before the European Patent Office 429-430 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 24 October 2002 amending the Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives 565-566 PDF HTML - BOARDS OF APPEAL
Article Page(s) View Information from the Boards of Appeal of the EPO Supplement to OJ 1/2002
Presidium and Business distribution 2002Supplement to OJ 1/2002 PDF HTML Decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 18 February 2002 – G 3/99 347-363 PDF HTML Referral by the President of the European Patent Office 431 PDF HTML Referral by the President of the EPO under Article 112(1)(b) EPC following divergent decisions by two boards of appeal Case pending as G 1/02 466-475 PDF HTML Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 10 May 2001 – J 14/00 432-441 PDF HTML Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 29 June 2001 – T 964/99 4-19 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.6 dated 28 May 2001 – T 298/97 83-111 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 9 August 2001 – T 4/98 139-160 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.5 dated 21 May 2001 – T 97/98 183-191 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 7 September 2001 – T 295/01 251-258 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 18 December 2001 – T 9/00 275-292 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 23 August 2001 – T 789/96 364-371 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.6 dated 17 September 2001 – T 323/97 476-497 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 dated 7 February 2001 – T 226/98 498-514 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 dated 31 October 2001 – T 1080/99 568-589 PDF HTML Decisions of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal Decision of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal dated 6 March 2001 – D 20/99 19-26 PDF HTML - INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Article Page(s) View Cancellation of Legal advice notice: No. 14/83 (OJ EPO 1983, 189) 161 PDF HTML Cancellation of Legal advice notice: No. 18/92 (OJ EPO 1992, 48) 259 PDF HTML Official Journal Index, Year 25/2002 Insert PDF Decisions of the President of the EPO Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 21 January 2002 concerning the payment of fees and costs at the Information Office in Munich 162 PDF HTML Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 April 2002 concerning the fees for enrolment for the European qualifying examination for professional representatives and the fee for appeals against decisions of the Examination Board or the Examination Secretariat 309 PDF HTML Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 29 October 2002 on the electronic filing of patent applications and other documents 543-544 PDF HTML Decisions of the examining and opposition divisions Decision of the opposition division dated 20 June 2001 293-308 PDF HTML Notices of the Vice-Presidents Notice from the Vice-President Directorate-General 3 dated 3 July 2002 concerning the publication of decisions of the boards of appeal of the European Patent Office 442 PDF HTML Notices from the EPO Notice of 26 November 2001 concerning forms and publications available from the EPO 30-36 PDF HTML Binders for the Patent Bulletin and the Official Journal 37 PDF HTML Notice dated 9 January 2002 concerning amendment of Rules 25(1), 29(2) and 51 EPC 112-115 PDF HTML Warning – Beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents 163 PDF HTML Notice from the European Patent Office concerning the requirement to file a translation of the previous application or a declaration under Rule 38(5) EPC if the EPO adds a copy of the previous application to the file 192 PDF HTML New layout for communications from the European Patent Office 193 PDF HTML Notice from the European Patent Office dated 26 March 2002 concerning business methods 260-261 PDF HTML Closure of the EPO premises Munich Erhardtstraße 372 PDF HTML Notice dated 1 June 2002 concerning the electronic filing of European patent applications and subsequent documents 372-373 PDF HTML Notice dated 18 June 2002 concerning mail addressed to the European Patent Office 374-375 PDF HTML Notice dated 4 July 2002 concerning the revised Request for Grant form 375-394 PDF HTML Warning – Beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents 443 PDF HTML Notice dated 1 October 2002 concerning the discontinuation of the EP-EASY project 515-516 PDF HTML Notice dated 29 October 2002 concerning the electronic filing of patent applications and other documents 545-548 PDF HTML Notice dated 10 October 2002 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2003 549 PDF HTML Decision of the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal dated 15 July 2002 concerning the transfer of functions to the Registrars of the Boards of Appeal 590 PDF HTML Trilateral Statistical Report for 2001 591 PDF HTML Publications Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office 163-164 PDF HTML 11th edition of the "European Patent Convention" 310 PDF HTML Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention – edition 2002 395 PDF HTML New edition of the Guide for applicants (Part 2) – "Euro-PCT" 516 PDF HTML Other information List of holidays observed by EPO filing offices and the national patent authorities in 2002 27-29 PDF HTML - REPRESENTATION
Article Page(s) View Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination European qualifying examination 262 PDF HTML Appointment of members of the Examination Board and examination committees 311 PDF HTML Corrigendum: Members of the examination committeees 396 PDF HTML European qualifying examination 517-520 PDF HTML European qualifying examination 550-551 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO List of professional representatives before the EPO 38-47 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 118-125 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 165-174 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 195-209 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 263-268 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 327-330 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 396-399 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 444-447 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 521-533 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 553-557 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 592-609 PDF HTML Disciplinary matters Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office 194 PDF HTML European qualifying examination Instructions to candidates concerning the conduct of the examination 116 PDF HTML Instructions to invigilators 116-117 PDF HTML List of references to landmark decisions 117 PDF HTML Examination results 117 PDF HTML Announcement of the European qualifying examination 2003 311-326 PDF HTML Notice from the Examination Secretariat 551-552 PDF HTML PRAKTIKA INTERN PRAKTIKA INTERN 2003: Programme of in-house traineeship for professionals in the patent field 400 PDF HTML PRAKTIKA INTERN 2003: In-house training programme for patent professionals 533-537 PDF HTML CEIPI Special Preparatory Course for the CEIPI Seminar on Paper D (legal questions) 401 PDF HTML European patents – Strasbourg seminars to prepare for the EQE 2003, involving the European Patent Office and European patent practitioners 448-449 PDF HTML CEIPI/epi Basic training in European patent law 269-271 PDF HTML epi BOARD MEMBERS, epi COUNCIL MEMBERS 450-453 PDF HTML epi Council of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office 449 PDF HTML - INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
Article Page(s) View AT Austria National fees in euro 126-127 PDF HTML DE Germany National fees in euro 48-49 PDF HTML Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 13 March 2001(X ZR 155/98) – Casing element (Schalungselement) "Novelty – Public prior use through incorporation of the patented object – Confidentiality agreement" (EP 092 693) 272 PDF HTML Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 11 September 2001 (X ZR 168/98) 331-342 PDF HTML Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 17 October 2001 (X ZB 16/00) – "Search for incorrect strings" "Admissibility of claims for computer programs and storage media – technical character of computer programs – unity of invention" 402-412 PDF HTML Decision of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 11 May 2000 (X ZB 15/98) – Sprachanalyseeinrichtung (Language analysis device) "Technical character of a computer – Inventive step of subject-matters encompassing technical and non-technical elements" 454-461 PDF HTML DK Denmark Payment of fees in Denmark 538 PDF HTML ES Spain National fees in euro 210-211 PDF HTML FI Finland National fees in euro 49-50 PDF HTML Payment of fees in Finland 538 PDF HTML FR France National fees in euro 50-51 PDF HTML GB United Kingdom Judgement of the Patents Court Dyson Appliances Ltd. v. Hoover Ltd. – "Vacuum cleaner" 128-136 PDF HTML IT Italy National fees in euro 211-212 PDF HTML PT Portugal National fees in euro 212-213 PDF HTML TR Turkey New fee rates 558 PDF HTML - FEES
Article Page(s) View Rules relating to Fees - Decisions Notice from the President of the EPO dated 13 December 2001 concerning refund of search fees 56-57 PDF HTML Consolidated text of the Rules relating to Fees 58-59 PDF HTML Rules relating to Fees of 20 October 1977 as last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 13 December 2001 59-68 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 68 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 137 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 177-182 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 248 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 273 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 343 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 414 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 462 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 540 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 559-564 PDF HTML Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices 610 PDF HTML Bank and giro accounts of the European Patent Organisation Euro accounts of the European Patent Organisation Insert PDF Bank and giro accounts of the European Patent Organisation 540 PDF HTML Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) Important notice concerning the revised version of the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes 137 PDF HTML Supplement to OJ 2/2002
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Article Page(s) View EC Treaty Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities dated 9 October 2001 (Case C-377/98, Kingdom of the Netherlands v. European Parliament and Council of the European Union) – Biotechnology Directive 231-246 PDF HTML General Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (situation on 1 March 2002) 214-230 PDF HTML PCT Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 26 November 2001 concerning limitation of the EPO's competence as a PCT authority 52-55 PDF HTML Information from the European Patent Office concerning limitations of the EPO's competence as a PCT authority 175-176 PDF HTML Designated Offices to which the modified (30-month) time limit under Article 22(1) PCT will not apply 246-247 PDF HTML Accession by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VC) 413 PDF HTML Accession by the Seychelles (SC) 539 PDF HTML
Supplements / Special editions
| Supplement to OJ 1/2002 Presidium and Business distribution 2002 | |||
| Supplement to OJ 2/2002 Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) and their annexes (valid as at 1 March 2002) | |||
| Special Edition to OJ EPO 2002: BOARD OF APPEAL AND ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW 2001 |