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Article Page(s) View Composition of the Administrative Council Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at January 2009) 5-6 PDF HTML Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at March 2009) 212-214 PDF HTML Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at July 2009) 418-419 PDF HTML Reports on meetings of the Administrative Council Report on the 116th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (9 to 12 December 2008) 2-4 PDF HTML Report on the 117th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (24 to 26 March 2009) 292-295 PDF HTML Report on the 118th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (23 to 25 June 2009) 450-452 PDF HTML Decisions of the Administrative Council Decision of the Administrative Council of 9 December 2008 amending the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 5/08) 7-8 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 10 December 2008 amending the Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives before the European Patent Office (CA/D 26/08) 9-27 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 10 December 2008 revising the Decision of 9 December 1983 determining the members of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office to whom Article 15 of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Patent Organisation applies (CA/D 31/08) 28-29 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 25 March 2009 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 2/09) 296-298 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 25 March 2009 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 3/09) 299-304 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 27 October 2009 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 20/09) 582-584 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 October 2009 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 18/09) 585-586 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 October 2009 amending the Rules relating to Fees and adjusting the amount of the reduction in the fee for the supplementary European search where the international search report was drawn up by one of the European International Searching Authorities (CA/D 19/09) 587-592 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 October 2009 amending Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 10/09) 593 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 October 2009 dispensing with the supplementary European search where the international search report or a supplementary international search report was drawn up by the European Patent Office (CA/D 11/09) 594 PDF HTML Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 October 2009 reducing the fee for the supplementary European search where a supplementary international search report was drawn up by the Austrian Patent Office, the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, the Swedish Patent and Registration Office or the Nordic Patent Institute (CA/D 12/09) 595-596 PDF HTML - BOARDS OF APPEAL
Article Page(s) View Information from the Boards of Appeal of the EPO Supplement to OJ 1/2009
Presidium, business distribution and texts relating to the proceedings 2009Supplement to OJ 1/2009 PDF HTML Information from the Enlarged Board of Appeal Communication from the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning case G 3/08 32-33 PDF HTML Referral by the President of the European Patent Office to the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 23 October 2008 regarding divergent decisions of two boards of appeal 142-166 PDF HTML Communication from the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning case G 4/08 167-168 PDF HTML Communication from the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning case G 1/09 454 PDF HTML Decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 25 November 2008 – G 2/06 306-332 PDF HTML Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 17 December 2007 – J 3/06 170-179 PDF HTML Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 8 December 2008 – J 8/07 216-234 PDF HTML Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.02 dated 22 April 2008 – T 1319/04 36-57 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.07 dated 3 July 2007 – T 307/03 422-432 PDF HTML Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.10 dated 3 February 2009 – T 1063/06 516-530 PDF HTML - INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Article Page(s) View Official Journal Index, Year 32/2009 Insert PDF Decisions of the President of the EPO Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 December 2008 concerning the refund of the search fee under Article 9(2) of the Rules relating to Fees 96-98 PDF HTML Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 26 February 2009 concerning the electronic filing of documents 182-186 PDF HTML Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 5 March 2009 concerning the EPO Online Filing software to be used for the electronic filing of documents 187-188 PDF HTML Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 17 March 2009 on the filing of priority documents 236-237 PDF HTML Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 25 March 2009 revising the Office's fees and expenses 334-335 PDF HTML Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 31 August 2009 concerning the entrustment to non-examining 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the European Patent Office dated 22 October 2009 concerning the refund of the examination fee (Article 11 of the Rules relating to Fees) 542-545 PDF HTML Patent protection in Hong Kong Special Administration Region 546-553 PDF HTML Notice from the European Patent Office dated 26 October 2009 on the establishment of the date of the Examining Division's first communication for calculation of the time limit under Rule 36(1)(a) EPC as from 1 April 2010 601-602 PDF HTML Notice from the European Patent Office dated 2 November 2009 concerning the re-introduction of a grace period for the payment of extension fees 603-605 PDF HTML Patent Prosecution Highway Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office 488 PDF HTML Publications National law relating to the EPC 488 PDF HTML Other information List of holidays observed by EPO filing offices and the national patent authorities in 2009 71-74 PDF HTML 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Article Page(s) View Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination Appointment of members of examination committees 78 PDF HTML Examination results 78 PDF HTML Appointment of members of examination committees 104 PDF HTML Appointment of members of the Supervisory Board, Examination Board and Examination Committees 190-192 PDF HTML Examination results 193 PDF HTML Appointment of members of examination committees 193 PDF HTML Examination results 346 PDF HTML Appointment of members of the Supervisory Board and Examination Committees 438-439 PDF HTML Decision of the Examination Board 490 PDF HTML Examination results 491-498 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO List of professional representatives before the EPO 79-86 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 105-110 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 194-201 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 245-253 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 385-392 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 402-411 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 440-445 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 466-470 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 499-507 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 556-571 PDF HTML List of professional representatives before the EPO 608-614 PDF HTML European qualifying examination Notice from the Examination Secretariat 244 PDF HTML Announcement of the European qualifying examination 2010 347-384 PDF HTML Supplement to OJ 5/2009
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Article Page(s) View Rules relating to Fees - Decisions Notice from the European Patent Office dated 26 January 2009 concerning the 2009 fee structure 118-128 PDF HTML Abolition of payment by cheque 140 PDF HTML Abolition of payment by cheque 290 PDF HTML Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 November 2009 revising the Office's fees and expenses 616-618 PDF HTML Fees for international applications 619 PDF HTML Supplement to OJ 2/2009
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ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS (ADA) AND THEIR ANNEXES (valid as from 1 April 2009)Supplement to OJ 3/2009 PDF HTML - INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
Article Page(s) View General Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (situation on 2 March 2009) 266-286 PDF HTML PCT Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 December 2008 concerning the refund of the international search fee by the EPO acting as International Searching Authority 114-116 PDF HTML Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT 206-207 PDF HTML Accession to the PCT by Chile (CL) 287 PDF HTML Accession to the PCT by Peru (PE) 287-288 PDF HTML Accession to the PCT by Thailand (TH) 578 PDF HTML
Supplements / Special editions
| Supplement to OJ 1/2009 Presidium, business distribution and texts relating to the proceedings 2009 | |||
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| Supplement to OJ 3/2009 ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS (ADA) AND THEIR ANNEXES (valid as from 1 April 2009) | |||
| Supplement to OJ 5/2009 Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives 2009 | |||
| Special Edition no. 1 to OJ EPO 2009: 14th European Patent Judges' Symposium | HTML | ||
| Special Edition no. 2 to OJ EPO 2009: EPO Board of Appeal Case Law 2008 |