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Official Journal January 2022
| Issue | Article number |
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| ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL |
| Composition of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (as at January 2022) | A1 | PDF | View |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 15 December 2021 amending Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees and adjusting the amount of the reduction in the fee for the supplementary European search where the international or supplementary international search report was drawn up by one of the European International Searching Authorities (CA/D 13/21) | A2 | PDF | View |
| Decision of the Administrative Council of 14 December 2021 inserting a new Rule 56a and amending Rules 56 and 135 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention and amending Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 2/21) | A3 | PDF | View |
| EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE |
| Information from the EPO |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 December 2021 concerning the forthcoming introduction of the Unitary Patent and the possibility of requesting a delay in issuing the decision to grant a European patent in response to a communication under Rule 71(3) EPC | A4 | PDF | View |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 December 2021 concerning the forthcoming introduction of the Unitary Patent and the possibility of requesting a delay in issuing the decision to grant a European patent in response to a communication under Rule 71(3) EPC | A5 | PDF | View |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 December 2021 concerning the forthcoming introduction of the Unitary Patent and the possibility to file early requests for unitary effect | A6 | PDF | View |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 January 2022 revising the Officeꞌs fees and expenses | A7 | PDF | View |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 January 2022 concerning the refund of the search fee under Article 9(2) of the Rules relating to Fees | A8 | PDF | View |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 January 2022 concerning the refund of the international search fee by the EPO acting as International Searching Authority | A9 | PDF | View |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 16 December 2021 concerning the updating of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office | A10 | PDF | View |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 16 December 2021 concerning the updating of the Guidelines for Search and Examination at the European Patent Office as PCT Authority (PCT-EPO Guidelines) | A11 | PDF | View |
| Representation |
| Announcement of the European qualifying examination 2023 | A12 | PDF | View |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A13 | PDF | View |
| Fees |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | A14 | PDF | View |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A15 | PDF | View |
