This Code is to govern the conduct and other activities of the members in so far as such activities are related to the Convention on the Grant of European Patents (European Patent Convention) signed in Munich on 5 October 1973, as may be amended from time to time.

In this Code, the following definitions are applicable:

"Institute"

The Disciplinary Committee of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office provided for in Article 5(a) of the Regulation on Discipline for Professional Representatives of 21 October 1977 (hereinafter called the "Discipline Regulation") hereby adopts under Article 25, paragraph 2, thereof the following Additional Rules of Procedure:

This supplementary publication of the Official Journal follows on from the "Case Law from the Contracting States to the EPC 2004 – 2011" and covers the years 2011 – 2014. The European National Patent Decisions Report (2004) was the first such compilation by the Legal Research Service of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office. It contains a selection of interesting cases, handed down by the courts of the EPC contracting states, all of which have been summarised.

DE – Germany

Federal Court of Justice of 11 September 2013 (X ZB 8/12) – Dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitors

Keyword: sufficiency of disclosure – functional feature – second medical use