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Amendments to European Patent Application

Submitted by European Patent... on Mon, 2015-12-14 16:01

According to Article 123 of the European Patent Convention (EPC)

 

 (1)

The European patent application or European patent may be amended in proceedings before the European Patent Office  (EPO) , in accordance with the EPC Implementing Regulations. In any event, the applicant shall be given at least one opportunity to amend the application of his own volition. 

 

(2)

The European patent application or European patent may not be amended in such a way that it contains subject-matter which extends beyond the content of the application as filed. 

European patent application - Re-establishment of rights

Submitted by European Patent... on Tue, 2015-11-17 13:49

According to Article 122 of the European Patent Convention (EPC),
 

(1)

New Invention: “ THE FLYING SAUCER” THE MOST EFFECTIVE/REVOLUTIONARY BICYCLE MECHANISMS EVER IN HISTORY

Submitted by European Patent... on Tue, 2015-09-22 12:31

An inventor from Australia presented at the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva 2015 the invention: “ THE FLYING SAUCER” THE MOST EFFECTIVE/REVOLUTIONARY BICYCLE MECHANISMS EVER IN HISTORY.

 

Further processing of the European patent application

Submitted by European Patent... on Sun, 2015-09-06 08:28

 

According to Article 121 of the European Patent Convention (EPC),

 (1)

If an applicant fails to observe a time limit vis-à-vis the European Patent Office, he may request further processing of the European patent application. 

(2)

The European Patent Office shall grant the request, provided that the requirements laid down in the Implementing Regulations are met. Otherwise, it shall reject the request. 

(3)

If the request is granted, the legal consequences of the failure to observe the time limit shall be deemed not to have ensued. 

European patent - Notification

Submitted by European Patent... on Tue, 2015-07-14 08:40

According to article 119 of the European Patent Convention (EPC),

Decisions, summonses, notices and communications shall be notified by the European Patent Office (EPO) of its own motion in accordance with the European Patent Convention (EPC) Implementing Regulations. Notification may, where exceptional circumstances so require, be effected through the intermediary of the central industrial property offices of the Contracting States. 

 

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Unity of the European patent application or European patent

Submitted by European Patent... on Sat, 2015-06-27 10:23

According to  article 118 of the European Patent Convention (EPC),

Where the applicants for or proprietors of a European patent are not the same in respect of different designated Contracting States, they shall be regarded as joint applicants or proprietors for the purposes of proceedings before the European Patent Office (EPO). The unity of the application or patent in these proceedings shall not be affected; in particular the text of the application or patent shall be uniform for all designated Contracting States, unless the European Patent  Convention provides otherwise. 

European Patent Registration - Means and taking of evidence

Submitted by European Patent... on Wed, 2015-06-03 07:24

According to article 117 of the European Patent Convention (EPC)

 

In proceedings before the European Patent Office the means of giving or obtaining evidence shall include the following: 

 

(a)

hearing the parties; 

(b)

requests for information; 

(c)

production of documents; 

(d)

hearing witnesses; 

(e)

opinions by experts; 

(f)

inspection; 

(g)

sworn statements in writing. 

 

European patent registration - Oral proceedings

Submitted by European Patent... on Thu, 2015-05-14 10:20

According to Article 116 of the European Patent Convention (EPC),

(1)

Oral proceedings shall take place either at the instance of the European Patent Office  (EPO)  if it considers this to be expedient or at the request of any party to the proceedings. However, the European Patent Office  (EPO) may reject a request for further oral proceedings before the same department where the parties and the subject of the proceedings are the same. 

(2)

European patent registration - Observations by third parties

Submitted by European Patent... on Thu, 2015-04-30 23:32

According to article 115 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) , in proceedings before the European Patent Office, following the publication of the European patent application, any third party may, in accordance with the EPC  Implementing Regulations, present observations concerning the patentability of the invention to which the application or patent relates. That person shall not be a party to the proceedings. 

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European patent registration - Examination by the European Patent Office of its own motion

Submitted by European Patent... on Tue, 2015-04-21 22:29

According to Article 114 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) ,

 

In proceedings before it, the European Patent Office(EPO)  shall examine the facts of its own motion; it shall not be restricted in this examination to the facts, evidence and arguments provided by the parties and the relief sought. 

 

The European Patent Office (EPO) may disregard facts or evidence which are not submitted in due time by the parties concerned. 

 

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