by Dr Andrew Clements | Mar 22, 2022 | Briefings, EPO
The EPO has introduced new versions of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office and the Guidelines for Search and Examination at the EPO as PCT Authority. Both sets of Guidelines took effect on 1 March 2022, as part of the EPO’s regular two-yearly...
by Eddie Bishop | Feb 15, 2022 | Briefings, EPO
Background In 2018, two patent applications (EP3564144 and EP3563896) were filed by the same applicant, Dr Thaler, and initially failed to provide information about the inventor. After notification from the EPO regarding the missing inventor details, the applicant...
by Alex Bajjon | Feb 4, 2022 | EPO
Background In this case, the applicant appealed an Examining Division decision to refuse an application under Art. 84 EPC as the applicant did not, in the Examining Division’s view, sufficiently amend the description to conform with the allowed claims. On appeal, the...
by Sean Hutchinson | Aug 1, 2021 | EPO
Background In case T 1807/15, both the Appellant and the Respondent expressed a desire not to hold oral proceedings in the form of a videoconference. Despite this, the Board of Appeal arranged oral proceedings in this format and these were conducted by videoconference...
by Alex Bajjon | Jul 1, 2021 | EPO
Background Although double patenting objections have often been raised during examination of European patent applications, the legal basis for such objections has regularly been questioned over recent years. Previous Enlarged Board of Appeal decisions G1/05 and G1/06...
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