PA 05/2008: The transmittal of notifications to applicants by e‑mail

PA 04/2008: Appointing agents before the International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority

PA 03/2008: Right to practice before an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority (where the agent is appointed for the whole of the international phase)

PA 02/2008: Filing an international application with a national receiving Office, and relying on that Office to transmit the application to the International Bureau as receiving Office under PCT Rule 19.4

PA 01/2008: Consequence of excluding a designation of a State under PCT Rule 4.9(b) where there is no claim of priority of an earlier national application filed in that State

OJ EPO 2008, 1 - European Patent Organisation

Entry into force of the revised text of the European Patent Convention

On 13 December 2007, the European Patent Convention as amended by the Revision Act of 29 November 2000 entered into force under Article 8(1) of the Act, whereupon the text valid until that time ceased to apply (Article 8(2) of the Act).

By the date of entry into force, all the then 32 contracting states to the European Patent Convention had deposited with the government of the Federal Republic of Germany their instruments of ratification or accession to the Revision Act of 29 November 2000.

OJ EPO 2008, 12 - Decision of the Administra- tive Council of 14 December 2007 adjusting the amount of the reduction of the fee for the supplementary European search where the international search report was drawn up by the Austrian Patent [..]

Full title: OJ EPO 2008, 12 - Decision of the Administra- tive Council of 14 December 2007 adjusting the amount of the reduction of the fee for the supplementary European search where the international search report was drawn up by the Austrian Patent Office, the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, the Swedish Patent and Registration Office or the Nordic Patent Institute

THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISATION,

OJ EPO 2008, 14 - Decision of the Administra- tive Council of 14 December 2007 adopting amendments to the Regulation on Discipline for Professional Representatives

THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISATION,

Having regard to Article 134a, para- graph 1(c), of the European Patent Convention,

Having regard to the Regulation on Discipline for Professional Repre- sentatives, and in particular Article 29 thereof,

After consulting the Council of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Patent Law,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

OJ EPO 2008, 46 - Decisions of the boards of appeal

Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.01 dated 15 November 2006 T 154/04 3.5.01

(Language of the proceedings)

Composition of the board: Chairman: S. Steinbrener Members: R. R. K. Zimmermann G. Weiss

Applicant: DUNS LICENSING ASSOCIATES, L.P.

Headword: Estimating sales activity/ DUNS LICENSING ASSOCIATES

Article: 52(1), 52(2) and (3), 54, 56, 112(1)(a) and (b), 123(2) EPC 1973 Article: 15, 16 RPBA Article: 52(1) EPC Article: 31 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 1969

OJ EPO 2008, 80 - Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.09 dated 27 February 2007 T 1178/04 3.3.09

(Language of the proceedings)

Composition of the board: Chairman: P. Kitzmantel Members: K. Garnett N. Perakis

Patent proprietor/Respondent: Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Depart- ment of Agriculture

Opponent/Appellant: BASF Aktien- gesellschaft

Headword: Enzyme additives for ruminant feeds/HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA, REPRESENTED BY THE DEPART- MENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Article: 106(1), 106(3), 107, 112(2) EPC

Rule: 67, 68(1) EPC