OJ EPO 2020, A18 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 February 2020 concerning the reduction of the fees for the international search and the international preliminary examination carried out on international applications in favour [..]

Full title: OJ EPO 2020, A18 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 February 2020 concerning the reduction of the fees for the international search and the international preliminary examination carried out on international applications in favour of nationals of certain states

OJ EPO 2020, A21 - Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property based on PCT and national work products

I. Background

The European Patent Office (EPO) and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) have decided to extend the comprehensive Patent Prosecution Highway programme.

OJ EPO 2020, A22 - Instructions to candidates concerning the conduct of the European qualifying examination

The Examination Secretariat,

Having regard to the Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives (REE) which entered into force on 1 January 2009 (OJ EPO 2009, 9), and in particular Article 9, paragraph 2, letter b, thereof, has decided with effect from 1 January 2020 as follows:

OJ EPO 2020, A25 - 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.

Pages

Subscribe to XEPC: EPC and PCT resource RSS