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OJ EPO 2016, A6 - List of days in 2016 on which EPO filing offices and national patent authorities of the EPC contracting states are closed

I. European patent applications and patents

OJ EPO 2016, A7 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 December 2015 concerning forms and publications available from the EPO

Updated lists of forms available free of charge from the EPO and of selected EPO publications are given below.

The forms can be requested from the EPO or downloaded from the website at www.epo.org/applying/forms-fees/forms.html.

OJ EPO 2016, A8 - List of professional representatives before the European Patent Office [ 1 ]

	Contracting state
AT	Austria

OJ EPO 2016, A9 - 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, A100).

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

OJ EPO 2016, A10 - LV Latvia

New fee rates

The Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia has informed us that some patent fees have been changed.^[ 1 ]

Applicants for and proprietors of European patents with effect in Latvia are advised that from 1 January 2016 the rates below apply.

OJ EPO 2016, A11 - SK Slovakia

Payment of fees

The Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic has informed us that the name, address and BIC code of the bank for renewal fees and other fees concerning European patents in Slovakia have changed as follows:

Štátna pokladnica

Radlinského 32

810 05 Bratislava 15

BIC: SPSRSKBA

The account numbers remain unchanged:

OJ EPO 2016, A12 - TR Turkey

New fee rates

The Turkish Patent Institute has informed us that some patent fees have been changed.^[ 1 ]

Applicants for and proprietors of European patents with effect in Turkey are advised that from 1 January 2016 the rates below apply. The figures in brackets are the reduced amounts recently introduced for users paying fees and filing documents online.

OJ EPO 2016, A13 - Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at February 2016)

	Chairman	Deputy Chairman

OJ EPO 2016, A14 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 3 February 2016 revising point 5.3 of the Arrangements for deposit accounts

The President of the European Patent Office, having regard to Articles 5(2) and 7(2) of the Rules relating Fees, has decided as follows:

Article 1

OJ EPO 2016, A15 - Events: Search Matters and Examination Matters 2016

"Search Matters" and "Examination Matters", two major EPO conferences for patent law firms, will be held in The Hague in June 2016.

OJ EPO 2016, A6 - List of days in 2016 on which EPO filing offices and national patent authorities of the EPC contracting states are closed

I. European patent applications and patents

OJ EPO 2016, A7 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 December 2015 concerning forms and publications available from the EPO

OJ EPO 2016, A8 - List of professional representatives before the European Patent Office [ 1 ]

OJ EPO 2016, A9 - Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices

OJ EPO 2016, A10 - LV Latvia

New fee rates

OJ EPO 2016, A11 - SK Slovakia

Payment of fees

OJ EPO 2016, A12 - TR Turkey

New fee rates

OJ EPO 2016, A13 - Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at February 2016)

OJ EPO 2016, A14 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 3 February 2016 revising point 5.3 of the Arrangements for deposit accounts

OJ EPO 2016, A15 - Events: Search Matters and Examination Matters 2016

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