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29 May 2009, 4:56 am
It had also launched opposition proceedings in the European Patent Office under art 99 of the European Patent Convention. [read post]
28 Sep 2015, 12:33 pm
Further to the March 2015 post on IPBiz [Bold predictions for biofuel production by Joule Unlimited published in BiofuelsDigest on 23 March 2015 ], note that Joule's US Patent 8,986,964 cites as a reference:Statement of Opposition in re European Patent No. 2285948, filed Oct. 8, 2014, on behalf of Algenol Biofuels Switzerland GmbH before the European Patent Office, twenty-nine pages. cited by applicant .Note also2014-12-24 [REG DE R026]… [read post]
20 Apr 2011, 9:55 pm
By Brad Crawford -- On April 13, 2011, the European Patent Office (EPO) reported that the total number of European patent applications is once again on the rise. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 8:40 am
Our European agents, Kilburn & Strode, have prepared briefing papers summarising the main impending changes to European practice. [read post]
25 Oct 2010, 10:25 am
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) have agreed to work toward the formation of a joint patent classification system. [read post]
15 Oct 2009, 9:55 pm
Effective on October 1, 2009, the European Patent Office (EPO) also increased its search fee to act as the ISA.... [read post]
16 Sep 2008, 12:29 pm
Thoma (Japan Patent Office), and N. [read post]
16 Nov 2007, 9:06 pm
Patent and Trademark Office announced that the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), and the USPTO signed a memorandum of understanding that is designed to address the global workload challenges arising from the... [read post]
11 May 2008, 12:22 am
Not text from The Times: a team of South African lawyers and environmentalists launched the challenge at the European Union Patent Office headquarters in Munich, Germany, this week.Recall the mess with the patent activities of the University of Hawaii on the taro plant.http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2006/01/patenting-of-taro-plant-creates.htmlhttp://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2006/06/uhawaii-drops-patent-covering-taro-poi.htmlRecall also the mess over the… [read post]
8 Mar 2015, 6:29 am
This moggy notes with concern that the posting of comments on the IPKat's weblog on European Patent Office (EPO) matters has got somewhat out of hand. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 8:52 pm
Patent and Trademark Office and European Patent Office announced that the two offices had reached agreement on the principles of a new joint patent classification system known as the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC). [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 3:09 am
However, the use of the patent system remains highly concentrated with only five patent offices (China, Japan, the European Patent Office, the Republic of Korea and the United States of America) accounting for 77% of all patents filed and 74% of all patents granted. [read post]
2 Jun 2010, 10:08 am
Since it started, the European Patent Office (EPO) official view has been that it should not allow double patenting. [read post]
28 Apr 2023, 10:01 pm
In that process, a patent applicant files a European patent application, examines it centrally through the European Patent Office – hopefully receiving a European patent grant – and then pays for validation into individual member countries. [read post]
11 Feb 2024, 7:01 am
The European Parliament has voted to ban patents for gene-edited plants. [read post]
4 Jun 2024, 11:15 am
On June 1, one year after the date when patents with unitary effect became effective in the European Union (EU), the European Patent Office (EPO) announced that it had registered more than 27,500 unitary patents, representing about 25% of all European patents granted over the past year. [read post]
4 Jun 2024, 11:15 am
On June 1, one year after the date when patents with unitary effect became effective in the European Union (EU), the European Patent Office (EPO) announced that it had registered more than 27,500 unitary patents, representing about 25% of all European patents granted over the past year. [read post]
21 Aug 2009, 7:41 am
The IPKat notes that the European Commission's DG Internal Market has recently issued two IP-related invitations to tender (both available here).One concerns patent quality and is described thus:The European Commission's Directorate-General for Internal Market and Services plans to conclude a contract for a comprehensive study on patent quality. [read post]
8 Jul 2019, 8:15 am
That’s more than the combined total for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO; 605,571), the Japan Patent Office (JPO; 318,381), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO; 208,830) and the European Patent Office (EPO; 159,358). [read post]
2 Jan 2013, 8:24 am
Commerce Department’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) today announced early publication of a classification system meant to speed the patent granting process for applicants to both Offices. [read post]
