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| Administrative Council |
Report on the 87th meeting of the
Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation
(11 to 13 December 2001) |
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| Decisions of the boards of
appeal |
| - Technical boards of appeal: |
T 298/97 - 3.3.6 -
Detergent composition/UNILEVER
"Admissibility of appeal (no)" - "Party adversely
affected not the party filing Grounds of Appeal" - "Commercial
interest insufficient to remedy deficiency in admissibility" |
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| Information from the EPO |
| Notice dated 9 January 2002
concerning amendment of Rules 25(1), 29(2) and 51 EPC |
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| Representation |
| - European qualifying examination |
| Instructions to candidates concerning the conduct
of the examination |
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| Instructions to invigilators |
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| List of references to landmark decisions |
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| Examination results |
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| - List of professional
representatives before the EPO |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO
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| Information from the
contracting states |
- AT Austria
National fees in euro |
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- GB United Kingdom
Judgement of the Patents Court
Dyson Appliances Ltd. v. Hoover Ltd. - "Vacuum cleaner"
European patent - Addressee - Nature and degree of qualification
to depend on scope and degree of sophistication of subject-matter -
Common general knowledge - Negative aspects of knowledge amounting
to prejudice - Construction of claim - Meaning and effect of "cleaning"
in claim for appliance - Cyclone unit - Tapered "frusto-conical"
part - Infringement - Novelty - Whether experiments to repeat prior
art proposal adhered to document interpreted as at its date of
publication - Inventive step - Whether obvious to take step from
prior art if no problem perceived - Sufficiency - Whether patent
included other methods of connection within its scope without
teaching what those were? |
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| Fees |
| - Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and
prices |
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| - Important notice concerning the revised version
of the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes |
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| Calendar of events |
| Calendar of events |
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| Supplement |
| Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) and their
annexes (valid as at 1 March 2002) |
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281 KB |
| Insert |
| The EPO Official Journal on CD-ROM |
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