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The EP standpoint
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It has been a busy time for patent attorneys registered with the Unified Patent Court ("UPC"), totally overwhelmed by the large number of “opt-out” (...)
The EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal recently issued a G 2/21 "plausibility" decision regarding the possibility of taking into account experimental (...)
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement signed in 2013 is a breakthrough for pan-European patent law.
Provisions of the UPC Agreement entered into (...)
Implementation of the new European clinical trials regulation 536/2014 on medicinal products for human use
Since January 31, 2022, the Clinical Trial (...)
“Published after but filed before”: dealing with this kind of prior art
A patent application having a filing date earlier than the filing date of (...)
Focus: The divisional Application
If you want to protect different aspects of an invention described in an initial EP patent application, or if an (...)
Focus: After filing – How my patent is granted at the EPO
Now that I have filed my application at the European Patent Office (EPO), what happens? (...)
In a decision issued on November 21, 2023, the UK High Court overturned a previous ruling by the UK Patent Office, which had rejected a patent (...)
Focus: Claim examination – My claim is rejected for lacking an inventive step
My claim received objection from a European Examiner because it “cannot (...)
Focus: Claim drafting – My claim is rejected for missing an essential element
The EP standpoint
A claim, whether initially filed or as an amendment, (...)
It has been a busy time for patent attorneys registered with the Unified Patent Court ("UPC"), totally overwhelmed by the large number of “opt-out” (...)
The EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal recently issued a G 2/21 "plausibility" decision regarding the possibility of taking into account experimental (...)
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement signed in 2013 is a breakthrough for pan-European patent law.
Provisions of the UPC Agreement entered into (...)
Implementation of the new European clinical trials regulation 536/2014 on medicinal products for human use
Since January 31, 2022, the Clinical Trial (...)
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