Joint interview of the EPO President and Council Chair
News & updates
2014
Normal functioning of the EPO - Update
142nd meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (Munich, 10 and 11 December 2014)
Communique on decisions taken by the Administrative Council at its 142nd meeting concerning senior employees and appointments and reappointments to the Boards of Appeal
Quality first: EPO achieves ISO 9001 certification for its patent granting process
Normal functioning of the EPO - Update
EPO President meets with two new EU Commissioners
EPO to launch fast-track patent examination with Israel
2.1 million patent applications filed at IP5 offices in 2013, up 11%
Normal functioning of the EPO
Advocate General rejects Spanish challenge to unitary patent package
Europe and China step up co-operation on patents as EPO-SIPO anniversary approaches
The EPO and India enhance co-operation on patents
Conference highlights growing role of patent data for business and policy-makers
European Inventor Award finalists Stefan Hell and Shuji Nakamura win Nobel Prize
EPO continues IT modernisation with launch of new online filing tool
EPO to launch PPH pilot programmes with Canada, Mexico and Singapore
Czech Industrial Property Office celebrates 95th anniversary
Munich is all set for Oktoberfest 2014: thrill-packed rides thanks to patented technologies
EPO and Spain continue co-operation on Latin America
Social Report 2013 published
European patent validation agreement signed with Tunisia
New scheme to improve legal certainty on pending applications
Administrative Council extends EPO President's mandate by another three years
Work starts on one of the largest construction projects in the Netherlands
Exceptional inventors honoured with European Inventor Award 2014
8th annual meeting on co-operation with EPO member states
Mobile website launched
IP5 Heads of Office meeting in Busan: move towards public access to patent information
EPO and SIPO launch first Global Dossier service
EPO and KIPO review co-operation to support innovation
Innovation TV launched
8th meeting of the Select Committee of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (Munich, 26-27 May 2014)
Europe's patent information centres gather in Istanbul to boost co-operation on innovation
Vote for your favourite inventor to win the Popular Prize
ESAB statement on the unitary patent package
Fifteen finalists announced for European Inventor Award
EU survey on IPR enforcement and protection
7th meeting of the Select Committee of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation
139th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation
Training Centre for European patent judges opened in Budapest
Patent filings at the EPO reach all-time high
Boost for businesses and inventors as EPO and UK sign co-operation plan
ASEAN member states’ IP offices and the EPO strengthen co-operation on patents
Symposium on Article 123(2) EPC
Europe and Mexico intensify co-operation on patents
More than 265 000 patent filings received in 2013