Forms in patent matters, Protection certificate, Redesigned request for publication of the translation of the claims of a European patent application

For the application for grant of a patent (P 2007), the application for the grant of a supplementary protection certificate (P 2008), the request for extension of the duration of a supplementary protection certificate (P 2040) and…

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Examination of computer-implemented inventions in the European Patent Office under special consideration of computer-implemented business methods

Below the broad practice of the EPO European Patent Office on software patents: In this article, the EPO's practice is to set out in the examination of computer-implemented inventions. This is to patent practitioners, employees…

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Remodeling complex device patentable: BGH X ZR 173/07 from 7. September 2010 – Roll stand II

BGH X ZR 173/07 from 7. September 2010 - Mill type II EPC. 56, Patgan § 4 The fact, that a complex device (here: Rolling mill) mentally in components or…

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