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OJ EPO 2019, A78 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Colombia based on PCT and national work products

I. Background

The European Patent Office (EPO) and the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Colombia (SIC) announced on 5 February 2016 their intention to launch a comprehensive Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme.

OJ EPO 2019, A79 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 12 August 2019 concerning the recommended practice for requesting changes in relation to client data or procedural matters, in particular bulk requests concerning more than one [..]

Full title: OJ EPO 2019, A79 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 12 August 2019 concerning the recommended practice for requesting changes in relation to client data or procedural matters, in particular bulk requests concerning more than one application

OJ EPO 2019, A80 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 1 August 2019 concerning the updating of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office

By decision of the President of the EPO dated 1 August 2019 and pursuant to Article 10(2) EPC, the Guidelines for Examination have been amended in line with the EPOꞌs policy of updating them on an annual basis. The amended Guidelines, which will enter into force on 1 November 2019, will be published as a complete "November 2019" edition which will supersede the November 2018 edition.

OJ EPO 2019, A81 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 12 August 2019 concerning the updating of the Guidelines for Search and Examination at the European Patent Office as PCT Authority (PCT-EPO Guidelines)

OJ EPO 2019, A82 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 August 2019 concerning the revised fee refund procedures

In the Official Journal notice dated 27 February 2019 (OJ EPO 2019, A26) the EPO informed its users about the new refund procedures entering into force on 1 April 2019 and announced that the filing of refund instructions in an electronically processable format would become obligatory in the near future (see point I(b) of the notice).

OJ EPO 2019, A83 - List of professional representatives before the European Patent Office [ 1 ]

Contracting state

AT	Austria
	Entries

OJ EPO 2019, A84 - Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices

The fees guidance currently applicable is set out in OJ EPO 2019, A29.

The current schedule of fees and expenses of the EPO is set out in supplementary publication 3, OJ EPO 2019.

Fee information is also published on the EPO website: www.epo.org/fees.

OJ EPO 2019, A85 - Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents

The European Patent Office (EPO) is aware that European patent applicants and proprietors sometimes receive invoices from firms and individuals inviting them to pay for the publication and/or registration of their applications and patents.

OJ EPO 2019, A86 - Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.07 dated 22 February 2019 - T 489/14

(Language of the proceedings)

Composition of the board:

Chairman:

R. Moufang

Members:

R. de Man

P. San-Bento Furtado

OJ EPO 2019, A87 - Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at October 2019)

	Chairman	Deputy Chairman
	Mr Josef Kratochvíl, President, Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic