Plants or animals exclusively obtained by means of an essential biological process patents will not be granted by EPO. The […]
EPO Published Policy brief on climate change
EPO issued a policy for latest trend in climate change mitigation technologies (CCMTs) on 3rd JULY 2017. The objective of […]
EPO launched Fast-track patent examination with Malaysia and Philippines
EPO President Benoît Battistelli and Dato’ Shamsiah Kamaruddin, Director General of the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia, and with Josephine […]
EPO clarifies practice in the area of plant and animal patents
EPO Administrative council changed the regulations for patentability of plants and animals attained by biological breeding process. By using certain […]
EPO Conference: Boards of Appeal and key decisions 2017
The EPO’s Board of Appeal and Key decision organizing conference for Patent practitioners (patent attorneys, attorneys at law, lawyers), judges, […]
EPO and Argentina sign co-operation agreement
EPO President Benoît Battistelli and Institute of Industrial Property of Argentina (INPI) President Dámaso Pardo have signed a memorandum of […]
EPO Tops in the Patent Quality & Services List
For patent quality and services the European Patent Office has been rated top among the world’s five largest patent office’s […]
EPO offers grants for academic research
EPO launches the Academic Research program that provides financial support for research on patent-related matters. This program will contributes up […]