http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190521.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 21 May 2019 Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that apply for patents, trade marks or designs have a greater probability of experiencing high growth than SMEs that do not. That’s according to a... Continue reading
BL number O/254/19 Concerning rights in gb1811532.9 Hearing Officer Mr B Micklewright Decision date 15 May 2019 Person(s) or Company(s) involved California Institute of Technology, and Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH Provisions discussed Patents Act 1977 sections 15(9) and 76(1) Keywords Added subject matter, Divisional application Related Decisions None Summary... Continue reading
https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t141218eu1.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T121814.20190208 Date of decision: 08 February 2019 Case number: T 1218/14 Application number: 05810988.5 IPC class: C12C 5/00 C12C 12/00 A23L 2/84 A23L 1/05 Language of proceedings: EN... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190515.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 15 May 2019 Breakout session, from left to right: Olli Ilmarinen, Finnish Patent and Registration Office, chair, Jean-Philippe Muller, INPI, Ile de France, France Alban Fischer, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, Santa... Continue reading
BL number O/251/19 Concerning rights in GB 1605739.0 Hearing Officer Miss J Pullen Decision date 13 May 2019 Person(s) or Company(s) involved Mr. Brian Eke Provisions discussed Section 1(1)(b) Keywords Inventive step Related Decisions None Summary The application relates to a wheeled luggage case with a triple wheel assembly integrated... Continue reading
BL number O/241/19 Concerning rights in GB1514871.1 Hearing Officer Mr H Jones Decision date 9 May 2019 Person(s) or Company(s) involved Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology Provisions discussed Section 1(2)(c) Keywords Excluded fields (refused) Related Decisions None Summary The application is concerned with identifying potential primers from large... Continue reading
BL number O/234/19 Concerning rights in GB2537810 Hearing Officer Mr P Thorpe Decision date 7 May 2019 Person(s) or Company(s) involved Anthony Brian Mallows and Abmwaterstop Ltd Provisions discussed Patents Act Section 8 Keywords Entitlement Related Decisions None Summary An entitlement action in respect of patent application GB2537810, which relates... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190510.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 10 May 2019 The EPO has held its annual Search Matters conference at its headquarters in Munich. The three day event, which has run for 31 consecutive years, offered training to patent search... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/service-support/availability-of-online-services/2019/20190508.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Owing to technical maintenance work, new online filing (CMS) will be temporarily unavailable on Saturday, 11 May 2019, between 09:00 hrs and approximately 14:00 hrs CET. To continue to file online during this... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/helpful-resources/asian/russian-federation/facts-and-figures.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Facts and figures – Russian Federation (RU) Download Facts and figures – Russian Federeation (PDF, 95 KB) Source: Russian Patent Office’s Annual Reports