OJ EPO 2016, A48 - Decision of the Administrative Council of 29 June 2016 amending Article 11 of the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 4/16)

THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISATION,

Having regard to the European Patent Convention and in particular Article 33(2)(d) thereof,

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

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

Having regard to the opinion of the Budget and Finance Committee,

OJ EPO 2016, A51 - Notice from the European Patent Office concerning publication of the "Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention" – 2016 edition

Many provisions of the EPC and its Implementing Regulations empower the President of the European Patent Office to take decisions concerning legal or technical details of the proceedings before the EPO. These powers are also implicit in the overall managerial responsibility conferred upon the President.

OJ EPO 2016, A54 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and IP Australia based on PCT and national work products

I. Background

The European Patent Office (EPO) and IP Australia (IPA) announced on 7 October 2015 their intention to launch a comprehensive Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme.

OJ EPO 2016, A55 - Corrigendum, OJ EPO May 2016 (A42)

The notice from the EPO concerning the opposition procedure as from 1 July 2016 as published in the Official Journal (OJ EPO 2016, A42) stated in the first sentence of the last paragraph of section 1 that the evidence indicated may only exceptionally be submitted subsequently. As this sentence could be understood as the application of a stricter approach by the EPO regarding the submission of such evidence, the last paragraph of section 1 has been redrafted as follows:

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