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112003 November
Year 26
Pages 531 - 577

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Administrative Council
Decision of the Administrative Council of 30 October 2003 amending the Rules relating to Fee view 25 kB
Decisions of the boards of appeal
- Technical boards of appeal:

T 1020/98 - 3.3.1 - Safeners/BAYER

" Clarity (yes) - complex claim not unclear - within reasonable time - Markush formula - hierarchical structure of substituent definitions" - "Conciseness (yes) - Markush formula the most concise formulation of a class of chemical compounds - greater ease of substantive examination not determinative of the content of an independent claim "

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T 278/00 - 3.3.1 - Naphthyl compounds/ELI LILLY

" Decision reasoned in the sense of Rule 68(2) EPC (no) - unintelligible findings - missing identification of prior art in assessment of inventive step - reference to oral proceedings in parallel case" -"Substantial procedural violation (yes) - reimbursement of appeal fee"

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T 986/00 - 3.5.2 - Rotating electrical machines/ALSTOM UK LTD

" Inventive step (no)" - "Basis of decision - further opportunity to amend (no) "

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Information from the EPO
- Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 26 September 2003 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2004 view 28 KB
- Notice from the European Patent Office dated 23 October 2003 concerning Euro-PCT applications claiming priority from a first filing in a State party to the WTO/TRIPS Agreement but not to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property view 29 KB
- Notice from the European Patent Office dated 2 November 2003 concerning closure of the DEPAC system X.25 service view 32 KB
- Information Office Munich and Electronic Library move within PschorrHöfe view 25 KB
- Publication of advertisements in the EPO Official Journal view 30 KB
Representation
List of professional representatives before the EPO view 31 kB
International treaties

PCT

Changes in respect of PCT applications filed as of 1 January 2004

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Fees
- Important notice view 26 kB
- Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices view 24 kB
Calendar of events
Calendar of events view 30 kB

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