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EPO Shifts to a Softer Approach for Formal Priority Assessment
The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office’s latest decision in joint cases G1/22 and G2/22 leads to a serious softening in the EPO's...
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Practice Tips at the EPO Relating to Numerical Ranges in Examples and Claims
To what extent can a rule developed in the context of comparing numerical values of a patent claim and the numerical values of prior art be...
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Changes to Biotech Inventions and Morality Issues: Berggren Series on 2022 EPO Guideline Revisions
In this sixth article of Berggren´s 2022 weekly series addressing updates to the European Patent Office’s (EPO) Guidelines for Examination, we review...
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Remaining Important Revisions to 2022 EPO Guidelines: Final Entry in Berggren´s Weekly Guidelines Update Series
In this seventh and final article of our 2022 weekly series addressing updates to the European Patent Office’s (“EPO”) Guidelines for Examination...
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Oral Proceedings at the EPO: Berggren Series on 2022 EPO Guideline Revisions
In this fifth article of our 2022 weekly series addressing updates to the European Patent Office’s (EPO) Guidelines for Examination, we review...
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Review of Simulations and Other Computer-Implemented Inventions: Berggren’s Series on 2022 EPO Guideline Revisions
In this fourth article of our 2022 weekly series addressing updates to the European Patent Office’s Guidelines for Examination, we continue last...
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Berggren Series on 2022 EPO Guideline Revisions: Amendments to Description
In this first article in our 2022 series covering updates to the European Patent Office’s Guidelines for Examination, we look at changes made to...
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Breaking EPO News in G 1/21 - Video injured but apparently has not killed the in-person oral proceedings star
On Friday, 16 July 2021 the Enlarged Board of Appeal (“the EBA”) of the European Patent Office (“the EPO”) issued a decision in the greatly...
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Focus on Priority Claims in Europe
In a highly anticipated decision, the European Patent Office (“EPO”) Board of Appeal, on 17 January 2020, upheld the decision of the EPO´s Opposition...
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