OJ EPO 2020, A8 - Training event for patent search professionals : Search Matters 2020

The 2020 edition of the EPO's Search Matters event will be held in The Hague from 11 to 13 May 2020. It will provide patent search professionals with a unique opportunity to gain an insight into the EPO's search strategies and techniques and to learn more about industry-specific searches.

At a total of 27 workshops run by highly experienced patent examiners, participants will be able to take a closer look at a wide range of topics, such as:

OJ EPO 2020, A9 - List of days in 2020 on which EPO filing offices and national patent authorities of the EPC contracting states are closed

I. European patent applications and patents

1. Under Rule 134(1) EPC, periods expiring on a day on which at least one of the EPO's filing offices is not open for receipt of documents are extended to the first day thereafter on which all its filing offices are open for receipt of documents (see also the notice from the President of the EPO dated 14 November 2019, OJ EPO 2019, A97).

OJ EPO 2020, A11 - Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property based on PCT and national work products

I. Background

The European Patent Office (EPO) and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT) announced on 10 October 2016 their intention to launch a comprehensive Patent Prosecution Highway programme.

OJ EPO 2020, A14 - 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 2020, A17 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 February 2020 implementing Article 12 of the Rules relating to Fees

THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE,

Having regard to Article 12 of the Rules relating to Fees,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The insignificant amount referred to in Article 12 of the Rules relating to Fees is fixed at EUR 16.

Article 2

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