The established assessment of purity inventions has been that increased purity of chemical compounds was only considered novel, if the claimed high purity could not be achieved by conventional means. Recent EPO Board of Appeal decision T0043/18 has ruled that this approach contradicts the overarching principles of novelty, and found instead that novelty can only … Read More
Author: Julia D'Arcy
European Inventor Awards
The closing date for nominations to the European Patent Office’s European Inventor Awards 2023 is 3 October 2022. The awards showcase inspiring ideas and highlight the role that inventors play in building a smarter, more sustainable world. Nomination and selection criteria are available here.
The Unitary Patent Court: Preparations Continue
The set-up of local and regional divisions of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) was confirmed in a meeting of the Administrative Committee of the UPC on 8 July 2022. These divisions will be located in: Austria (Vienna) Belgium (Brussels) Demark (Copenhagen) Finland (Helsinki) France (Paris) Germany (Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Mannheim, … Read More
The Unitary Patent System
The Unitary Patent System The Unitary Patent system is a framework that will make it possible to obtain patent protection in up to 25 EU member states by submitting a single request to the European Patent Office (EPO) instead of validating the granted patent in those countries individually. The 17 states which will participate in … Read More
EPO Oral Proceedings by Video Conference
In April 2021, it was explicitly provided that a European Patent Office Board of Appeal may hold oral proceedings by video conference whenever it considers it appropriate to do so, and without the consent of all parties. In G 1/21, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) established that holding oral proceedings by video conference is … Read More