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EPO patent official fee increases - as of 01 April 2016
The European Patent Office (EPO) has recently announced increases to many of its official fees for patent services to come into effect from 01 April 2016. -
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Patent renewal fees and your patent representative
If your European representative is responsible for paying the renewal fee on a European patent application then, not surprisingly, they must ensure that you, the applicant, are reminded that the renewal fee is due and take appropriate action. But what if another party is responsible for paying the renewal fee… -
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Long EPO examination infringes human rights
Although the quality of the European Patent Office's (EPO's) work generally remains high (for example, in 2015, it obtained ISO 9001 certification for its entire patent process, and was also rated number one for patent quality among the world's largest patent offices by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine), a common… -
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Global Dossier patent histories access (file wrappers)
These file histories (or file wrappers) provide the most up-to-date information about a patent application's journey through the patenting process. -
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Non-therapeutic disclaimers and prior use in T 2451/13
Two interesting points emerged from this recent decision of the European Patent Office (EPO) Board of Appeal. The first concerns the circumstances under which a new ground of opposition may be raised after expiry of the opposition period, and the second concerns the standard of proof for establishing a public… -
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SPCs for NPEs? UK thinks yes but does the CJEU agree?
Non-practising entities (NPEs), patent assertion entities, patent trolls – whatever you choose to call them, their activities are hotly debated in the IP world. Although they first came to attention in the US, some have recently made the move into supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) in Europe. -
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Notorious knowledge - tips for patent applicants
Notorious knowledge, otherwise known as indisputable general knowledge or notorious prior art, refers to the mechanism by which an examiner relies on a purported 'notorious' technical teaching without explicitly referencing a document in which the technical teaching can be found. Notorious knowledge is usually cited when a claimed invention contains… -
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Scope of second medical use claims: T1673/11
In this case a European Patent Office (EPO) Board of Appeal considered whether there is any extension of the protection conferred by a patent, under the provisions of Article 123(3) EPC, where an amendment only concerns a change in format of a claim from a Swiss-type use claim to an… -
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Bulgaria ratifies Unified Patent Court Agreement
On 03 June 2016, the number of ratifications of the UPC Agreement increased to ten with the notification by Bulgaria that it had completed its ratification. -
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EPO speeds up opposition proceedings from 01 July 2016
The European Patent Office (EPO) is introducing a "streamlined" opposition procedure that it says will simplify opposition proceedings and deliver decisions faster, while giving parties more time to react and prepare for oral proceedings.
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