by Juliette Boynton | Sep 19, 2023 | EPO
Background The patent relates to an apparatus and method for filling a plurality of inflatable containers with a liquid, e.g. to fill a large number of water balloons simultaneously. While the exact details of the need to request re-establishment are not critical to...
by Carolyn Haywood | Aug 11, 2023 | EPO
Background to the referral The referral comes from Board 3.3.03 in the consideration of T 0438/19, an appeal against the decision of the opposition division to reject an opposition against European patent no. 2626911 directed to a material for encapsulating a solar...
by Sean Hutchinson | Jul 7, 2023 | EPO
Background In the opposition proceedings giving rise to EPO appeal no. T 116/18, the proprietor of European patent no. 2484209 filed experimental data dated after the filing date of the patent allegedly showing that two insecticide compounds had a synergistic effect...
by Chloe Sullivan | Jun 13, 2023 | EPO
The History of ViCo at the EPO Oral proceedings via videoconference were introduced by the EPO as mandatory during COVID-19 which led to the introduction of the EPO management’s “Digital First” strategy in November 2022. This strategy stipulated that video...
by Sean Hutchinson | Jun 1, 2023 | EPO, UPC
In 2013, several Member States of the European Union concluded the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (the “UPC Agreement”). The purpose of that Agreement was to establish a common court for hearing infringement and revocation actions regarding European patents, with...
by David Eyre | May 25, 2023 | EPO
In laboratory practice the production of new antibodies is now often considered routine with a desired epitope synthesised and used to raise antibodies to that specific sequence. Accordingly under European practice the EPO views generating antibodies against any known...
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