The EPO’s Boards of Appeal are famously strict on added matter. But normally applicants can sleep soundly at night after making amendments based entirely on the original dependent claims having…
...well, at least the EPO's Boards of Appeal, represented by their President Mr. Josefsson, are.
Mr. Josefsson announced in the Boards of Appeal and key decisions 2023 conference just a few minutes…
A recent letter by the EPO's Central Staff Committee (CSC) about Rewarding quality in the core business is too important and far too well-written to remain unnoticed.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, it…
It will be nothing new for regular readers of this blog that I and many others have long been advocating for more well-qualified examiners at the EPO, e.g. here. Obviously, these examiners also need…
The EPO management has been under increasing criticism for its perceived lack of attention for the deteriorating quality of EPO patents. The subject was put on the agenda prominently last year in…
The European Patent Office received 193 460 applications last year, an increase of 2.5% compared to 2021 and a new record. Digital communication (+11.2% over 2021) was the field with the highest…
In June 2022 the EPO announced the project "Bringing Teams Together", introducing a new management of office space with the aim "to ensure that teams cluster in our buildings when working on site"…
The Central Staff Committee of the European Patent Office supports the initiative of important European companies who’ve requested to do something about declining patent quality at the EPO. In a…
The industry has serious concerns about the deteriorating patent quality at the European Patent Office. The issue was discussed earlier this month between the EPO and the Industry Patent Quality…
