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10 2001 October
Year 24
Pages 413 - 484

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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 view 30 KB
- Notice from the President of the EPO dated 1 October 2001 concerning the programme for accelerated prosecution of European patent applications - "PACE" view 59 KB
- Notice from the EPO dated 31 August 2001 concerning amendment of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office view 27 KB
- Replacement sheets for the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO view 22 KB
- Notice dated 1 October 2001 concerning new patent application numbering system for 2002 view 32 KB
- Box number advertisements view 22 KB
- Information desk, electronic library and main library move to PschorrHöfe view 22 KB
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 view 31 KB
- Accession by the Sultanate of Oman (OM) view 20 KB
- Accession by the Republic of Zambia (ZM) view 20 KB
Fees
- Fees payable under the PCT
SE Sweden
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- Important notice concerning fees view 23 kB
- Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices view 22 kB
Calendar of events
Calendar of events view 42 kB
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”Enabling Biotechnological Inventions in Europe and the
United States”
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