| Issue | Article number | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL | |||
| Report on the 161st and 162nd meetings of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (9 October, and 11 and 12 December 2019 respectively) | A1 | View | |
| Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at January 2020) | A2 | View | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 12 December 2019 amending Articles 2 and 7 of the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 12/19) | A3 | View | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 12 December 2019 concerning the reduction in the fees for the international search and the international preliminary examination carried out on international applications filed by nationals of certain states (CA/D 13/19) | A4 | View | |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 12 December 2019 amending Rule 103 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 14/19) | A5 | View | |
| Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at March 2020) | A28 | View | |
| EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE | |||
| Information from the EPO | |||
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 29 January 2020 revising the Officeꞌs fees and expenses | A6 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 14 January 2020 concerning the legalisation of certified copies of documents issued by the European Patent Office | A7 | View | |
| Training event for patent search professionals: Search Matters 2020 | A8 | View | |
| List of days in 2020 on which EPO filing offices and national patent authorities of the EPC contracting states are closed | A9 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 December 2019 concerning forms and publications available from the EPO | A10 | View | |
| Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property based on PCT and national work products | A11 | View | |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 February 2020 implementing Article 12 of the Rules relating to Fees | A17 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 February 2020 concerning the reduction in the fees for the international search and the international preliminary examination carried out on international applications in favour of nationals of certain states | A18 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 29 January 2020 concerning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020 | A19 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 10 February 2020 concerning the staying of proceedings due to referral G 4/19 | A20 | View | |
| Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property based on PCT and national work products | A21 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 March 2020 concerning the disruptions due to the COVID-19 outbreak | A29 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 March 2020 concerning search and examination fees | A30 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 13 March 2020 concerning improved online file inspection in the European Patent Register of documents cited in opposition proceedings | A31 | View | |
| Information from the EPO | |||
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 29 January 2020 revising the Officeꞌs fees and expenses | A6 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 14 January 2020 concerning the legalisation of certified copies of documents issued by the European Patent Office | A7 | View | |
| Training event for patent search professionals: Search Matters 2020 | A8 | View | |
| List of days in 2020 on which EPO filing offices and national patent authorities of the EPC contracting states are closed | A9 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 December 2019 concerning forms and publications available from the EPO | A10 | View | |
| Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property based on PCT and national work products | A11 | View | |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 February 2020 implementing Article 12 of the Rules relating to Fees | A17 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 February 2020 concerning the reduction in the fees for the international search and the international preliminary examination carried out on international applications in favour of nationals of certain states | A18 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 29 January 2020 concerning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020 | A19 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 10 February 2020 concerning the staying of proceedings due to referral G 4/19 | A20 | View | |
| Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property based on PCT and national work products | A21 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 March 2020 concerning the disruptions due to the COVID-19 outbreak | A29 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 March 2020 concerning search and examination fees | A30 | View | |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 13 March 2020 concerning improved online file inspection in the European Patent Register of documents cited in opposition proceedings | A31 | View | |
| Representation | |||
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A12 | View | |
| Instructions to candidates concerning the conduct of the European qualifying examination | A22 | View | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A23 | View | |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A32 | View | |
| Fees | |||
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | A13 | View | |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A14 | View | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | A24 | View | |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A25 | View | |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices applicable as from 1 April 2020 | A33 | View | |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A34 | View | |
| BOARDS OF APPEAL | |||
| Opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 18 July 2019, G 1/18 | A26 | View | |
| INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING STATES/ EXTENSION AND VALIDATION STATES | |||
| PT Portugal | |||
| New fee rates – Corrigendum | A15 | View | |
| TR Turkey | |||
| New fee rates | A16 | View | |
| New fee rates − corrigendum | A27 | View | |
| INTERNATIONAL TREATIES | |||
| PCT | |||
| Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT – Annex D | A35 | View | |
Supplementary publications
| Issue | Article number | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| SUPPLEMENTARY PUBLICATION 1 Information from the Boards of Appeal - Presidium, business distribution and texts relating to proceedings | View | ||
| SUPPLEMENTARY PUBLICATION 2 Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 | View | ||
| SUPPLEMENTARY PUBLICATION 3 Schedule of fees and expenses applicable as from 1 April 2020 | View | ||