The appeal by the patent proprietor lies against the decision of the opposition division revoking European patent No. 2 686 382.Claim 1 of the main request reads as follows:"1. Propylene random copolymer composition...[more]
European patent 2 429 486 was granted with independent claim 1 relating to:"Process for preparing a crosslinked gel of at least one polysaccharide or one of its salts, comprising at least the steps that consist in:a)...[more]
An appeal was lodged by the patent proprietor (appellant) against the decision of the opposition division revoking European patent No. 2 074 141 ("the patent"). The patent is entitled "Protease resistant insulin analogues".In...[more]
Three oppositions were filed against the granted patent No. 2277050.The opposition division decided that the patent could be maintained as amended on the basis of the second auxiliary request filed during oral proceedings...[more]
The theme for this year is IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future.See WIPO dedicated webpage here.[more]
Brazilian patent office follows JPTO, USPTO and CIPO with which INPI already has a PPH agreement[more]
Appeals were filed by the patent proprietor (appellant I) and by the opponent (appellant II) against the opposition division's interlocutory decision that European patent No. 2 373 154, entitled "Barley and malt-derived beverages...[more]
The decision under appeal is the opposition division's decision rejecting the eight oppositions filed against European patent No. 2 269 604.The patent in suit stems from European patent application 10 1749 85.1, which was filed...[more]
The new version of Guidelines for Examination applicable as from March 1st, 2022 are available here.[more]
The EPO has decided to introduce two measures to support access to the Unitary Patent.[more]
EPO published in Official Journal of January 2022 the new amounts of official fees applicable as of April 1st, 2022.See the new amounst here[more]
Acceptance of DAS Codes[more]
The deposit by Austria of its instrument of ratification launched entry into force of the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application (PPA).[more]
Communication by EPO of the certificate for a European patent[more]
CIPO joins USPTO and JPTO with which INPI already has a PPH agreement[more]
USPTO follows JPTO with which INPI already has a PPH agreement[more]
Slovenian government deposited its instrument of ratification for the Protocol on the Provisional Application of UPC Agreement on 15/10/2021.UPC could soon enter its set-up phase if a last country (probably Austria by end of...[more]
New norm ST.26 for sequence listings in patent applications will enter into force on 01/01/2022.It will be compatible with International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC) database provider...[more]
The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) recently issued its decision G4/19 relating to double patenting[more]
The Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund is a 20 million Euro grant scheme created to help European obtain intellectual property rights[more]
The French patent office just launched an accelerated procedure to grant applications dealing with COVID-19[more]
The GCC (comprising Saudi Arabia, Bahrein, Koweit, Oman, United Arab Emirates and Qatar) stops accepting new patent applications.[more]
A delay for entry into force of unitary patent system is to be expected[more]
The French patent office (INPI) and the Japanese Patent Office (JPTO) will enter as of 01/01/2021 into a PPH agreement[more]
33 skippers take part in this new edition[more]
UK will leave EU after the transition period that ends on 31/12/2020. [more]
UK will leave EU after the transition period that ends on 31/12/2020. [more]
A recent decision from CJEU specified what is a first marketing authorisation[more]
A consolidated version of Ordinance 2020-306 was published on May 15, 2020.According to this new version, all delays expiring between March 12, 2020 and June 23, 2020 are extended up to July 23, 2020 if the initial delay was...[more]
Patentability of plants and animals exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes[more]
EPO further extended to June 2nd, 2020 all time limits expiring on or after March 15th, 2020.See updated information page of EPO here.[more]
EPO further extended to May 4th, 2020 all time limits expiring on or after March 15th, 2020.See updated information page of EPO here.[more]
EPO clarifies the date at which the new amounts of fees as from April 1st are due[more]