The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued opinion G 3/19 (Pepper) today and concluded that plants and animals exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes are not patentable.

EPO staff and management express their sympathy for the victims of the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria.

The new building for the Boards of Appeal Unit of the EPO in Haar, Munich, was officially inaugurated yesterday.

The EPO is closely monitoring its systems after a critical vulnerability in the commonly used Java software “Log4j” emerged at the end of last week.

On 25 February, the EPO together with Licensing Executive Society International (LESI) held the first edition of a new online forum designed especiall

The European Patent Office (EPO) and the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil (INPI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a Rei

The Enlarged Board of Appeal today issued decision G 1/16 on the allowability of undisclosed disclaimers introduced into a patent claim. The decision

The Trilateral Offices held their 39th annual meeting virtually today.

Last week the EPO introduced its art collection to the public by launching the new documentary titled "Exploring Art at the European Patent Office". W

President Campinos submits written observations on a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning the consent of parties to oral proceedings by