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Nurturing next generation IP talent

EPO Vice-President meets with Bavarian State Minister Huml

EPO-CNIPA Joint Communiqué: Chinese applicants may continue to designate EPO as ISA

Ready for the EPO’s first ever public CodeFest?

EPO marks the loss of a public service role model

European Patent Administration Certification (EPAC): enrol now

The EPO is launching a new round of user satisfaction surveys and your feedback is more important than ever

Montenegro on its way to become 39th EPC Contracting State on 1 October 2022

WIPO General Assemblies 2022: EPO underlines its commitment to co-operation

EPO introduces systematic top-up search for earlier national rights

EPO and Ukrpatent sign Reinforced Partnership

Compelling scientific results for IP research funded under the EPO Academic Research Programme

EPAC: the EPO introduces a new certification scheme for patent administrators

Entitlement to priority

EPO provides insights into plant patenting practices

EPO practice confirmed on adaptation of description

AI cannot be named as inventor on patent applications

EPO met UPC governing bodies’ representatives

Fighting coronavirus – updated support for researchers and innovators

EPO and IP Australia make their PPH fast-track programme permanent

Fast-track patent examination launched with Saudi Arabia

António Campinos reappointed President of the European Patent Office

EPO Annual Review 2021 reflects a more resilient and sustainable organisation

Annual SACEPO meeting

All the winners: European Inventor Award 2022

Users respond on grace period for patents

EPO and INDECOPI Peru heads of office meeting

Format of oral proceedings before examining divisions

EPO joins the TTO Circle with observer status

IP5 step up co-operation on sustainability

MyEPO Portfolio for parties to proceedings before the EPO

EPC and PCT-EPO Guidelines 2022: next steps

Patent applications published by the EPO exceed four million

EPO announces inaugural Young Inventors prize finalists

Users discuss updates for the Guidelines 2023

PATLIB2022 conference

EPO- Ukrpatent meeting

European Inventor Award 2022 finalists announced

Proposal on new European qualifying examination (EQE)

Hydrogen production with electrolysers is emerging

EPO and Peru’s INDECOPI sign two partnership agreements

EPO and European Institute of Innovation and Technology sign partnership agreement

Updated version of the Unitary Patent Guide available

Unitary Patent secondary legislation

EPO launches new Ombuds Office service

Despite impressive patent activity, Europe’s small deep tech businesses lag behind their US counterparts

Results of our public consultation on the EPO’s new Ombuds service

First EP validation & PCT e-filings for NPOs

President Campinos meets with Director General of UKRPATENT, Andrew Kudin

Further shaping EPO’s definition of quality

Pilot project for oral proceedings in opposition by VICO extended to 31 December 2022

Patent applications in Europe reach record level in 2021

EPO and CPVO renew cooperation agreement

Launch of EPO-ARIPO University IP outreach project

Bilateral heads of office meeting with OAPI

Improving patent information products and services with our users

European Qualifying Examination 2022

Trilateral Symposium on IP and the environment

9th CPC Annual meeting with national offices classifying in the CPC

EPO donations to Ukraine

Upgrading our legal framework for the digital transformation

Digital grant certificate gets modern design

UPC holds Administrative Committee meeting

Standing together for peace in Europe

New Guidelines for Examination 2022 enter into force

Users welcome progress in further digitalisation of the patent grant process

EPO Tech Day 2022: Accelerating sustainable innovation

Innovative spin-off companies from Portugal and Germany show the way

EPO opens public user consultation on creation of Observatory

Final preparations for the start of the Unitary Patent

Public consultation opens on latest EPC and PCT-EPO Guidelines

EPO publishes European Patent Academy 2022 training catalogue

Provisional application of the UPCA to start

Nomination of Data Protection Board members

User survey on future Ombuds services

From lab to market – two more case studies highlighting routes to success

New data protection rules enter into force on 1 January 2022