OJ EPO 2015, A69 - Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 27 July 2015 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2016

1. Under Rule 134(1) EPC, time limits expiring on a day on which at least one EPO filing office is not open for receipt of documents (closing days) are extended until the first day thereafter on which all the filing offices are open for receipt of documents and on which ordinary mail is delivered.

OJ EPO 2015, A70 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office based on PCT and national work products

I. Background

The European Patent Office (EPO) and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) announced on 24 September 2014 their intention to launch a comprehensive Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme.

OJ EPO 2015, A71 - List of professional representatives before the European Patent Office [ 1 ]

	Contracting state
BE	Belgium

OJ EPO 2015, A72 - Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices

The fees guidance currently applicable is set out in OJ EPO 2014, A37, taking into consideration the changed amounts of fees for international applications (OJ EPO 2015, A33).

The current schedule of fees and expenses of the EPO is set out in supplementary publication 3, OJ EPO 2014.

OJ EPO 2015, A73 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 21 July 2015 concerning the publication of Guidelines for Search and Examination at the European Patent Office as PCT Authority (PCT-EPO Guidelines)

OJ EPO 2015, A74 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 28 July 2015 concerning updating of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office

OJ EPO 2015, A75 - Warning - beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to publish and/or register European or international patent applications and European patents

1. Numerous European patent applicants and proprietors have informed the European Patent Office (EPO) that firms and individuals have sent them invoices inviting them to pay for the publication and/or registration of their applications and patents. Similar reports have been received from applicants who have filed international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT applications).

OJ EPO 2015, A76 - List of professional representatives before the European Patent Office [ 1 ]

	Contracting state
AT	Austria

OJ EPO 2015, A77 - Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices

The fees guidance currently applicable is set out in OJ EPO 2014, A37, taking into consideration the changed amounts of fees for international applications (OJ EPO 2015, A33).

The current schedule of fees and expenses of the EPO is set out in supplementary publication 3, OJ EPO 2014.

OJ EPO 2015, A78 - DE Germany

Decision of the Federal Court of Justice dated 17 February 2015

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Wound treatment apparatus

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