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052006 May
Year 29
Pages 331 -391

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Administrative Council
Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at March 2006) view 74 kB
Decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal
G 1/04 - Diagnostic methods
" Diagnostic methods under Article 52(4) EPC representing inventions excluded from patentability by means of a legal fiction" - "Proper construction of the terms 'diagnostic methods' and 'practised on the human or animal body' referred to in Article 52(4) EPC - requirements of clarity and legal certainty - difficulty of defining medical and veterinary practitioners on a European level within the framework of the EPC - essential features of a diagnostic method excluded from patent protection under Article 52(4) EPC - qualification of an activity as having a diagnostic character - requirements for a diagnostic method to be regarded as being practised on the human or animal body"
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Decisions of the boards of appeal
Technical boards of appeal
T 39/03 - 3.4.02 - Divisional application/ASTROPOWER
" Validity of divisional applications" - "Referral to Enlarged Board of Appeal"
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Information from the EPO
Processing of documents filed by fax with the EPO at The Hague view 40 kB
Representation
- European qualifying examination 2007
Important information
Basic fee for the European qualifying examination
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- List of professional representatives before the EPO view 101 kB
CEIPI
European qualifying examination 2007
- CEIPI preparatory seminars, January/February 2007
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- Introductory ("Pre-prep") courses in autumn 2006 for the CEIPI preparatory seminars in 2007 on Papers AB (Claim drafting and responding to the Office communication), C (Opposition) and D (Legal questions) view 51 kB
- Special course on Paper C (Opposition) for "multiple resitters" view 48 kB
Information from the contracting/extension states
ES Spain
Change of address
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RO Romania
- New fee rates
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- Change in bank account view 58 kB
International treaties
PCT
- Accession to the PCT by the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LA)
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- Accession to the PCT by Honduras (HN) view 35 kB
Fees
- Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices view 50 kB
Calendar of events
Calendar of events view 91 kB
 

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