http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190318.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 18 March 2019 The European Patent Office (EPO), the European Committee of Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance the support... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190314.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 14 March 2019 As a follow-up to its “Patenting Blockchain” conference, the European Patent Office (EPO) has published a conference report entitled “Talking about a new revolution: blockchain” to provide insight into... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/service-support/availability-of-online-services/2019/20190313.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Due to technical maintenance work, the following online services will not be available between 09:00 and 19:00 hrs CET on 17 March 2019: European Patent Register (also via the EPO’s mobile websites) INPADOC... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190312.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Online Annual Report 2018 Infographic (PDF, 556 KB) Information for journalists 12 March 2019 The number of patent applications filed with the European Patent Office (EPO) grew by 4.6% last year, reaching a... Continue reading
BL number O/129/19 Concerning rights in GB 1212805.4, GB 1815543.2 Hearing Officer Mr B Micklewright Decision date 8 March 2019 Person(s) or Company(s) involved International Business Machines Corporation Provisions discussed Patents Act 1977 sections 1(1)(d), 1(2) Keywords Excluded fields (refused) Related Decisions None Summary In these parent and divisional applications... Continue reading
https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/j180016eu1.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:J001618.20190304 Date of decision: 04 March 2019 Case number: J 0016/18 Application number: 16769844.8 IPC class: A01N 63/00 A01P 21/00 Language of proceedings: EN Distribution: D Download and... Continue reading
BL number O/128/19 Concerning rights in GB1308715.0 Hearing Officer Mrs S E Chalmers Decision date 7 March 2019 Person(s) or Company(s) involved Arris Enterprises, Inc Provisions discussed Section 1(2) Keywords Excluded fields (allowed) Related Decisions None Summary The application relates to a user interface used for controlling a thermostat. A... Continue reading
https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t140683eu1.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:2018:T068314.20181204 Date of decision: 04 December 2018 Case number: T 0683/14 Application number: 10153812.2 IPC class: H04N 19/147 H04N 19/46 H04N 19/129 H04N 19/61 H04N 19/11 H04N 19/13... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190308.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 8 March 2019 The EPO celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March by launching “Women in the Lead”, a mentorship programme in which senior managers will mentor women at the Office. The mentorship... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/official-journal/information-epo/archive/20190308.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 February 2019 concerning priority document exchange via the WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS) for European patent applications and for international applications filed with the EPO in... Continue reading