EPO just issued a study regarding requests for Unitary effect filed for granted European patents, since the system of the Unitary Patent entered into force on June 1st, 2023.
According to EPO, a…
Article 111(1) EPC, Article 12(2) RPBA , right to be heard under Article 113 EPC
A process feature in a product-by-process claim only contributes to the novelty of a product claim insofar as it gives rise to a distinct and identifiable characteristic of the product. Moreover, if a…
Since COVID outbreak, videoconference became the new norm for oral proceedings before EPO, especially during examination proceedings.
It should indeed be reminded that usually, during examination…
When a French trademark is renewed, the French trademark office (INPI) carries out a check of the classification of the goods and services and reclassifies them so that the goods and services…
EPO will increase amounts of official fees as from April 1, 2024. To compensate this increase, a new micro-entity status will be created for applicants before EPO.
Post-published experimental data, G2/21, Inventive step, skilled person
Admissibility of late filed documents - Article 12 RPBA - Inventive step
Article 53(c) EPC - G1/04 - a claim is not excluded from patentability if at least one of the preceding steps which are constitutive for making a diagnosis comprises a method step of a technical…
Technical problem based on an effect neither mentioned nor suggested in the prior art.
