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Consulting the description — but to what end?

Must the description always be consulted when interpreting claims for patentability? This…

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G 1/24: A win for claim interpretation, a setback for clarity discussions?

After more than 50 years of the EPC, the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has finally provided…

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Filing of divisional patent applications after publication of the mention of the grant under the European Patent Convention

Decision J 01/24 of the Legal Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office dated April 16, 2024

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G1/22 and G2/22: Happy Claimants of Priorities and disappointed Opponents

The recent decisions G1/22 and G22 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA) of the European Patent…

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Referral G 1/23 (T 438/19): clarification on how to construe G 1/92?

This appeal concerns the decision of the Opposition Division rejecting the opposition against…

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Amending the description prior to grant of a European patent – recent developments (EPO, Boards of Appeal, Decisions T 1989/18 and T 1444/20)

The two recent decisions may help applicants in avoiding extensive adaptations of the description…

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The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court – What applicants and patent proprietors need to know already now

What will change and what will be the timeline? Currently, it is expected that the first Unitary…

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How and when can you get a Unitary Patent

According to the currently expected timeline, the first Unitary Patents may be granted already by…

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The first year with the new Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal RPBA 2020 – An overview and recommendations

This IP Report takes a look at the application of amended Art. 13(1) and (2) RPBA 2020 in these…

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