There are now six validations states available for European patent applications: Morocco (MA), Republic of Moldova (MD), Tunisia (TN), Cambodia (KH), Georgia (GE) and Lao People's Democratic Republic…
The question of adapting the description to claims amended during the examination procedure is one that divides practitioners and EPO examiners alike. Depending on the amended claims, adapting the…
The EPO Official Journal of July 2025 announces that, as of 1 October 2025, drawings in European patent applications may be executed in colour or greyscale, and no longer necessarily in black lines,…
Montenegro became the 23rd state to join the London Agreement. Since 1 August 2025, it is no longer necessary to produce a Montenegrin translation of the European patent specification if the patent is…
clarity - use claims
reasonable expectation of success - inventive step
- Provisional patent application
The Pacte Act of 2020 introduced a new industrial property right: the provisional patent application, which can be filed in France before the French patent office as…
Lao People’s Democratic Republic became the sixth validation country for European patent applications, after Morocco, the Republic of Moldova, Tunisia, Cambodia and Georgia.
The agreement took effect…
Articles 54(4) and 54(5) EPC, novelty of mode of administration, T 970/00
selected sub-range, novelty, inventive step, T 1688/20
