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President António Campinos appoints 165 user representatives to the EPO’s main advisory body

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​​First national office to complete the switch to ANSERA-based SEARCH​

Brand-new Espacenet platform on technologies combatting cancer

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Fee abolished and new rule enables electronic signatures

Comments on EPC and PCT-EPO Guidelines can still be filed until 2 April

Of the 16.4 million patents in force worldwide by the end of 2021, 91% were valid in at least one of the IP5 jurisdictions