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Key points I'm pleased to announce that the September online update of Visser's Annotated EPC is now available  at Kluwer IP Law -  ...

Key points  Claim 4  is directed to: A biological control composition comprising: - at least one population of arthropod biological control ...

Key points  In this post, I will walk through the decision to show how admissibility issues affect the outcome. The Board decides on 6 admis...

I will give three lectures during the upcoming ’22- ’23 edition of the CEIPI basic training course in European patent law (The Hague): two l...

Key points  The OD admitted a document filed by the opponent one month before the oral proceedings and then refuses a request for adjournmen...

Key points  In this case, the Euro-PCT application, with the EPO as ISA, was refused after two notifications were issued: the Rule 161 Commu...

Key points  The OD decided to admit a prior art document. The patentee requests to Board to reverse this decision. The Board finds that the ...