patent office proceedings
1Appeal procedure before the European Patent Office — Decisions of the first instances of the European Patent Office (EPO) can be appealed, i.e. challenged, before the Boards of Appeal of the EPO, in a judicial procedure (proper to an administrative court), as opposed to an administrative procedure …
2Grant procedure before the European Patent Office — Graph of European patent applications filed and granted between 1998 and 2007. Note that the average time from filing to grant in 2007 was 43.7 months (3.6 years) The grant procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO) is an ex parte,… …
3Opposition procedure before the European Patent Office — The opposition procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO) is a post grant, contentious, inter partes, administrative [1] procedure intended to allow any European patent to be centrally opposed. European patents granted by the EPO under the …
4Limitation and revocation procedures before the European Patent Office — In European patent law, the limitation and revocation procedures before the European Patent Office (EPO) are post grant, ex parte , OJ 2007, Special edition 4/2007, page 116, item 1. ] administrative [ EPO web site,… …
5Representation before the European Patent Office — The European Patent Convention (EPC), the multilateral treaty providing the legal system according to which European patents are granted, contains provisions regarding whether a natural or juristic person needs to be represented in proceedings… …
6List of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office — This is a list of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) in chronological order of the dates when the decisions were issued. The list is incomplete. Contents 1 1980 – 1989 2 1990 – 1994 3 1995 – …
7European Patent Office — The European Patent Office (EPO) is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg), the other being the Administrative Council. [EPC Article|4|2] The EPO acts as executive body for the OrganisationEPC Article|4|3]… …
8Patent attorney — A patent attorney is an attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing an opposition. The term… …
9Patent application — A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for the invention described and claimed by that application. An application consists of a description of the invention (the patent specification ), together… …
10Patent watch — In patent law, a patent watch is a process for monitoring newly issued patents on a periodic basis to see if any of these patents might be of interest. [ [http://www.nature.com/bioent/building/ip/012003/pf/nbt1101 1075 pf.html Adda Gogoris Pamela …
