OJ EPO 2020, A118 - 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, A120 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 October 2020 concerning the procedures and safeguards which apply under the EPC and the PCT in the event of outages of means of electronic filing and other online services

I. BACKGROUND

A. Purpose and scope of notice

OJ EPO 2020, A121 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 November 2020 concerning the modification and extension of the pilot project for oral proceedings by videoconference before opposition divisions

The President of the European Patent Office, having regard to Articles 10(2)(a) and 116 of the European Patent Convention (EPC), has decided as follows:

Article 1

Pilot project

OJ EPO 2020, A122 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 10 November 2020 concerning oral proceedings before examining and opposition divisions, and consultations, by videoconference

1. Since 1 April 2020, oral proceedings before examining divisions are held by videoconference.[ 1 ] Likewise, consultations in examination (previously referred to as interviews) may be held by videoconference.

OJ EPO 2020, A124 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 10 November 2020 concerning non-attendance at oral proceedings in the examination procedure

Recent developments in oral proceedings in the examination procedure have revealed the need to revise the practice in relation to non-attendance at oral proceedings, to clarify certain aspects of this practice and to replace the notice from the EPO relating to this published in 2008.[ 1 ]

1. Withdrawal of the request for oral proceedings

OJ EPO 2020, A125 - Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Israel Patent Office based on PCT and national work products

The present notice replaces that published in OJ EPO 2017, A108.

I. Background

The European Patent Office (EPO) and the Israel Patent Office (ILPO) have decided to extend the comprehensive Patent Prosecution Highway programme.

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