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2 2002 February
Year 25
Pages 69 - 137

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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 view 46 KB
Representation
- European qualifying examination
Instructions to candidates concerning the conduct of the examination view 26 KB
Instructions to invigilators view 27 KB
List of references to landmark decisions view 26 KB
Examination results view 21 KB
- List of professional representatives before the EPO
List of professional representatives before the EPO view 44 kB
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 view 22 kB
- Important notice concerning the revised version of the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes view 23 KB
Calendar of events
Calendar of events view 33 kB
Supplement
Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) and their annexes (valid as at 1 March 2002) view 281 KB
Insert
The EPO Official Journal on CD-ROM view 33 KB

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