OJ EPO 2009, 170 - Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 17 December 2007 J 3/06 3.1.01

(Translation)

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD: Chairman: B. Gnzel Members: W. Sekretaruk, C. Rennie-Smith

Applicants: Heitkamp Rail GmbH, et al Appellant 1: Heitkamp Rail GmbH Appellant 2: Dieter Heiland Headword: Transitional provisions/HEITKAMP Relevant legal provisions: Article: 80, 90 EPC Rule: 40, 55, 56 EPC Article 7(1) of the Act revising the EPC

Article 1(1) of the Administrative Council's decision of 28 June 2001 on the transitional provisions under Article 7 of the Act revising the EPC

OJ EPO 2009, 182 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 26 February 2009 concerning the electronic filing of documents

The President of the European Patent Office, having regard to Rule 2 EPC and Rule 89bis.1 and 2 PCT, has decided as follows:

Article 1 Admissibility of electronic filing

(1) Documents in proceedings under the EPC may be filed with the European Patent Office in electronic form.

(2) European patent applications may also be filed in electronic form with the compe- tent national authorities of those contracting states which so permit.

Article 2 Filing of international patent applica- tions and other documents

OJ EPO 2009, 187 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 5 March 2009 concerning the EPO Online Filing software to be used for the electronic filing of documents

Further to the decision dated 26 February 2009 concerning the electronic filing of documents 1, and having regard to Rule 2 EPC and Rule 89bis.1 and 2 PCT, the President of the European Patent Office has decided as follows:

Article 1 Software to be used for electronic filing

(1) Electronic filings in accordance with Article 5 of the above-mentioned decision dated 26 February 2009 shall be made using version 4 (build 4.228) or later releases of the EPO Online Filing software.

OJ EPO 2009, 206 - PCT

Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT

Pursuant to Article 11(2) of the Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT 1, Annex A to the agreement has been amended2 with effect from 1 March 2009. The text of Annex A as amended is published below.

Annex A Languages and kinds of application

Under Article 3 of the Agreement, the Authority specifies:

(1) the following languages which it will accept: English, French, German, and where the receiving Office is the industrial property Office of Belgium or the Netherlands, Dutch.

OJ EPO 2009, 3-suppl - ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS (ADA) AND THEIR ANNEXES

(valid as from 1 April 2009)

CONTENTS

Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 31 January 2009 concerning the publication of a revised version of the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes

Notice from the European Patent Office dated 31 January 2009 concerning the publication of a revised version of the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes

Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA)

Annex A.1: Arrangements for the automatic debiting procedure (AAD)

OJ EPO 2009, 216 - Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 8 December 2008 J 8/07 3.1.01

(Translation)

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD: Chairman: B. Gnzel Members: E. Lachacinski, R. Moufang

Applicant/Appellant: MERIAL Headword: Language of the proceedings/MERIAL Relevant legal provisions: Article: 14(2) and (3), 111(1), 112 EPC Rule: 3, 4 EPC Article 7 of the Act revising the EPC of 29 November 2000 Article 1.1 and 1.6 of the decision of the Administrative Council of 28 June 2001 on the transitional provisions under Article 7 of the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29 November 2000

OJ EPO 2009, 236 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 17 March 2009 on the filing of priority documents

The President of the European Patent Office, having regard to Rules 53(2) and 163(2) of the European Patent Convention (EPC), has decided as follows:

Article 1 Inclusion of a copy of the previous application in the file of a European patent application

The European Patent Office shall include free of charge in the file of a European patent application a copy of the previous application from which priority is claimed if the previous application is:

(a) a European patent application,

OJ EPO 2009, 238 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 30 March 2009 on setting up and cancelling automatic debit orders via Online Fee Payment

Introduced in July 2007, the payment plan function offers users of Online Fee Payment an overview of all the applications to which the automatic debiting procedure applies.

Users now have the added option within the payment plan of setting up and cancelling automatic debit orders online.

To set up an order, the user enters the application number. Once the order has been transmitted to the EPO, the user receives on-screen confirmation in PDF format. If no confirmation appears, the debit order is regarded as not received and the payment is regarded as not made.

OJ EPO 2009, 296 - Decision of the Administrative Council of 25 March 2009 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 2/09)

THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISATION,

Considering that amendments to Rules 36, 57 and 135 EPC are neces- sary and useful in the light of recent developments,

Having regard to the European Patent Convention (EPC), and in particular Article 33(1)(c) thereof,

On a proposal from the President of the European Patent Office,

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Patent Law,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Implementing Regulations to the EPC shall be amended as follows:

OJ EPO 2009, 299 - Decision of the Administrative Council of 25 March 2009 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 3/09)