• 10 years of Cooperative Patent Classification marked

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2023/20230324.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. President Campinos: CPC now the most powerful classification system in the world

     
  • Press Communiqué of 23 March 2023 on decision G 2/21 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal

    http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/communications/2023/20230323.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 23 March 2023 Background The Enlarged Board of Appeal is the highest judicial authority under the European Patent Convention (EPC). Its main task is to ensure the uniform application of the EPC. Technical... Continue reading

     
  • Digital transformation & Unitary Patent: users updated

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2023/20230322a.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Members of SACEPO Working Party on Rules discussed latest changes

     
  • European qualifying examination 2023 completed

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2023/20230323.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use.2 148 candidates of 58 nationalities participated in this year’s European qualifying examination (EQE).

     
  • Technical fault in DPMA Online Filing (reference no. INC117774)– detected and resolved

    http://www.epo.org/service-support/availability-of-online-services/2023/20230321.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Technical fault in DPMA Online Filing (reference no. INC117774) – detected and resolved  Between 17.03.2023 at 07.00h and 19.03.2023 at 15.10h we experienced technical problems with DPMA online filing. Customers did not receive... Continue reading

     
  • EPO-JETRO annual meeting

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2023/20230320.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. European Patent Office receives delegation from the Japan External Trade Organization

     
  • Inspiring inventors – Elena García Armada

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2023/20230317.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Meet the expert behind the first adaptable robotic exoskeleton for children

     
  • EPO discusses digitalisation at eighth eSACEPO meeting

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2023/20230315.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. User representatives from Europe, China, Japan, Korea and the United States met online to exchange on digital transformation in the patent grant process and advances in online services.

     
  • Boards of Appeal Case Law 2022

    http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/communications/2023/20230308.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 08 March 2023 Annual review containing summaries of decisions from 2022 now available As a complement to the 10th edition of the “Case Law of the Boards of Appeal“, this new publication provides... Continue reading

     
  • Temporary unavailability of some online services on Saturday 11 March 2023

    http://www.epo.org/service-support/availability-of-online-services/2023/20230308.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Temporary unavailability of some online services on Saturday 11 March 2023 Owing to technical maintenance work the following online services of the EPO will be temporarily unavailable or with irregular behavior on Saturday,... Continue reading