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Official Journal January 2024

Online publication date: 31.1.2024
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ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
Report on the 177th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (Munich, 13 and 14 December 2023) A1PDFHTML
Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at January 2024)A2PDFHTML
Decision of the Administrative Council of 14 December 2023 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention and the Rules relating to Fees, and adjusting the amount of the reduction in the fee for the supplementary European search where the international or supplementary international search report was drawn up by one of the European International Searching Authorities (CA/D 16/23)A3PDFHTML
Decision of the Administrative Council of 14 December 2023 amending the Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives before the European Patent Office (CA/D 25/23)A4PDFHTML
EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE
Information from the EPO
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 25 January 2024 revising the Office's fees and expensesA5PDFHTML
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 January 2024 concerning the refund of the search fee under Article 9(2) of the Rules relating to FeesA6PDFHTML
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 January 2024 concerning the refund of the international search fee by the EPO acting as International Searching AuthorityA7PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 25 January 2024 concerning fee-related support measures for small entitiesA8PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 7 December 2023 concerning the updating of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent OfficeA9PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 7 December 2023 concerning the updating of the Guidelines for Search and Examination at the European Patent Office as PCT AuthorityA10PDFHTML
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 16 January 2024 concerning the application of Rule 134(5) EPC after the earthquake in Japan on 1 January 2024A11PDFHTML
Representation
List of professional representatives before the EPOA12PDFHTML
Fees
Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and pricesA13PDFHTML
Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patentsA14PDFHTML
BOARDS OF APPEAL
Rules of Procedure of the Boards of AppealA15PDFHTML