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European Patent – Regulations about patentabillity of the human body and its elements

Submitted by European Patent... on Wed, 2019-03-20 11:33

According to Rule 29 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) Implementing Regulations (IR),

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The human body, at the various stages of its formation and development, and the simple discovery of one of its elements, including the sequence or partial sequence of a gene, cannot constitute patentable inventions. 

 

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European patent - Exceptions to patentability

Submitted by European Patent... on Mon, 2019-01-28 14:17

According to Rule 28 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) Implementing Regulations (IR),


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Under Article 53(a) of the European Patent Convention (EPC) , European patents shall not be granted in respect of biotechnological inventions which, in particular, concern the following:

European patent - Patentable biotechnological inventions

Submitted by European Patent... on Tue, 2018-12-25 17:14

According to European Patent Convention (EPC) Implementing Regulations (IR),

"Biotechnological inventions" are inventions which concern a product consisting of or containing biological material or a process by means of which biological material is produced, processed or used. 

 

According to Rule 27 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) Implementing Regulations (IR),

European patent - Certificate of exhibition

Submitted by European Patent... on Sun, 2018-11-18 21:17

According to Rule 25 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) Implementing Regulations (IR),

Within four months of filing the European patent application, the applicant shall file the certificate that the applicant or his legal predecessor has displayed the invention at an official, or officially recognised, international exhibition ( falling within the terms of the Convention on international exhibitions signed at Paris on 22 November 1928 and last revised on 30 November 1972), which:

 

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European patent - Special entries for licence registrations

Submitted by European Patent... on Mon, 2018-10-15 17:07

According to Rule 24 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) Implementing Regulations (IR),


 

A licence in respect of a European patent application shall be recorded  
 

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as an exclusive licence if the applicant and the licensee so request; 

 

European patent - Registration of licences and other rights

Submitted by European Patent... on Thu, 2018-09-06 16:18

According to Rule 23 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) Implementing Regulations(IR),

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European patent - Registration of transfers

Submitted by European Patent... on Tue, 2018-07-24 14:46

According to Rule 22 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) Implementing Regulations,

 

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The transfer of a European patent application shall be recorded in the European Patent Register at the request of an interested party, upon production of documents providing evidence of such transfer.

 

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List of the top 25 applicants by number of patent applications at the European Patent Office in 2017.

Submitted by European Patent... on Wed, 2018-05-23 16:09


According to the EPO Annual Report for 2017 this is the list of the top 25 applicants by number of patent applications at the European Patent Office in 2017.

Top 25

  • 1.HUAWEI ….......................... 2308 European patent applications

  • 2.SIEMENS …...........................2 220 European patent applications

European patent - Rectification of the designation of an inventor

Submitted by European Patent... on Wed, 2018-05-23 16:06


 

According to Rule 21 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) Implementing Regulations,

 

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Toyota and Panasonic intend joint development of electric vehicle batteries

Submitted by European Patent... on Thu, 2018-04-05 17:06

Toyota Motor Corp and Panasonic Corp. stated that are considering making batteries for electric vehicles (EV) in joint cooperation , as Toyota aims battery development to help meet its goal for green cars to comprise half of global sales by 2030. It is planned to expand development of prismatic - flat, pouch-shaped - batteries with higher energy density.

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