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| Decisions of the Enlarged
Board of Appeal |
G 2/98 - Requirement for
claiming priority of the "same invention"
"Interpretation of the concept of "the same invention"
referred to in Article 87(1) EPC" - "Consistency of the
interpretation with the Paris Convention and the EPC" - "Conformity
of the interpretation with principles of equal treatment and legal
certainty and with the requirement of consistency as regards
assessment of novelty and inventive step" |
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| Decisions of the boards of
appeal |
| - Legal board of appeal: |
J 24/96 - 3.1.1 -Unity of
invention/G.D. SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
"Unity of invention - yes" - "Procedural
violation - no" |
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| - Technical boards of appeal: |
T 931/95 - 3.5.1 -
Controlling pension benefits system/PBS PARTNERSHIP
"Exclusion from patentability: of schemes, rules and
methods for doing business (yes) - of apparatus constituting a
physical entity for carrying out such method (no)" |
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| Information from the EPO |
| - Decision of the President of
the EPO dated 7 September 2001 concerning documents excluded from
file inspection |
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| - Notice from the President of
the EPO dated 1 October 2001 concerning the programme for
accelerated prosecution of European patent applications - "PACE" |
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| - Notice from the EPO dated 31
August 2001 concerning amendment of the Guidelines for Examination
in the European Patent Office |
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| - Replacement sheets for the
Guidelines for Examination in the EPO |
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| - Notice dated 1 October 2001
concerning new patent application numbering system for 2002 |
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| - Box number advertisements |
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| - Information desk, electronic
library and main library move to PschorrHöfe |
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| Representation |
- European qualifying examination
Examination Board for the European qualifying examination |
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List of professional representatives
before the EPO |
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| Information from the
contracting states |
- DK Denmark
New fee rates |
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- FI Finland
New fee rates |
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- SE Sweden
New rates for renewal fees |
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| International treaties |
| PCT |
| - Business methods |
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| - Accession by the Sultanate of Oman (OM) |
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| - Accession by the Republic of Zambia (ZM) |
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| Fees |
- Fees payable under the PCT
SE Sweden |
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| - Important notice concerning fees |
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| - Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and
prices |
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| Calendar of events |
| Calendar of events |
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| Insert |
Order form
EPO script Vol. 4
Enabling Biotechnological Inventions in Europe and the
United States |
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