Visser's Annotated European Patent Convention 2021 Edition
updated till 15.03.2021
Erschienen am 1. Mai 2021
876 Seiten
978-94-035-3205-9 (ISBN)
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The book, Visser's Annotated European Patent Convention, is a commentary on the European Patent Convention and a bestseller in European patent law. The 2021 edition of this preeminent work - the only regularly updated authoritative article-by-article commentary in English on the European Patent Convention (EPC), its implementing regulations, and associated case law provides the complete text of the law annotated with commentary and expert guidance on the interpretation of each paragraph. Since its first edition in 1994 it has provided the European patent community with the necessary insights to practice successfully before the European Patent Office. The EPO recommends the Visser's Annotated European Patent Convention as the first book in its list of non-EPO/WIPO literature to be used for the preparation of the European qualifying examination. In addition to a thorough updating of developments, new material in the 2021 edition includes the following: Amended EPO Guidelines that entered into force on 01.03.2021 Consolidated discussion of procedures relating to oral proceedings held by video conference Commentary on recent amendments to the implementing regulations Recent decisions of the boards of appeal The 2021 edition is suitable for candidates preparing for the EQE 2022. A free supplemental note will be published providing candidates with an overview of the main legal changes between the 2021 edition and the 31.10.2021 legal cut-off date for the EQE 2022.
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Inhalt
- Cover
- Title Page
- Half Title
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Previous editions
- Contributors to the 2021 edition
- Revision note
- Notation
- List of Contents
- PREAMBLE
- PART I GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter I General Provisions
- Art. 1 European law for the grant of patents
- Art. 2 European patent
- Art. 3 Territorial effect
- Art. 4 European Patent Organisation
- Art. 4a Conference of ministers of the Contracting States
- Chapter II The European Patent Organisation
- Art. 5 Legal status
- Art. 6 Headquarters
- Art. 7 Sub-offices of the European Patent Office
- Art. 8 Privileges and immunities
- Art. 9 Liability
- Chapter III The European Patent Office
- Art. 10 Management
- Art. 11 Appointment of senior employees
- Art. 12 Duties of office
- Art. 13 Disputes between the Organisation and the employees of the European Patent Office
- Art. 14 Languages of the European Patent Office, European patent applications and other documents
- Art. 15 The departments entrusted with the procedure
- Art. 16 Receiving Section
- Art. 17 Search Divisions
- Art. 18 Examining Divisions
- Art. 19 Opposition Divisions
- Art. 20 Legal Division
- Art. 21 Boards of Appeal
- Art. 22 Enlarged Board of Appeal
- Art. 23 Independence of the members of the Boards
- Art. 24 Exclusion and objection
- Art. 25 Technical opinion
- Chapter IV The Administrative Council
- Art. 26 Membership
- Art. 27 Chairmanship
- Art. 28 Board
- Art. 29 Meetings
- Art. 30 Attendance of observers
- Art. 31 Languages of the Administrative Council
- Art. 32 Staff, premises and equipment
- Art. 33 Competence of the Administrative Council in certain cases
- Art. 34 Voting rights
- Art. 35 Voting rules
- Art. 36 Weighting of votes
- Chapter V Financial Provisions
- Art. 37 Budgetary funding
- Art. 38 The Organisation's own resources
- Art. 39 Payments by the Contracting States in respect of renewal fees for European patents
- Art. 40 Level of fees and payments - Special financial contributions
- Art. 41 Advances
- Art. 42 Budget
- Art. 43 Authorisation for expenditure
- Art. 44 Appropriations for unforeseeable expenditure
- Art. 45 Accounting period
- Art. 46 Preparation and adoption of the budget
- Art. 47 Provisional budget
- Art. 48 Budget implementation
- Art. 49 Auditing of accounts
- Art. 50 Financial Regulations
- Art. 51 Fees
- PART II SUBSTANTIVE PATENT LAW
- Chapter I Patentability
- Art. 52 Patentable inventions
- Art. 53 Exceptions to patentability
- Art. 54 Novelty
- Art. 55 Non-prejudicial disclosures
- Art. 56 Inventive step
- Art. 57 Industrial application
- Chapter II Persons entitled to apply for and obtain a European patent Mention of the inventor
- Art. 58 Entitlement to file a European patent application
- Art. 59 Multiple applicants
- Art. 60 Right to a European patent
- Art. 61 European patent applications filed by non-entitled persons
- Art. 62 Right of the inventor to be mentioned
- Chapter III Effects of the European patent and the European patent application
- Art. 63 Term of the European patent
- Art. 64 Rights conferred by a European patent
- Art. 65 Translation of the European patent
- Art. 66 Equivalence of European filing with national filing
- Art. 67 Rights conferred by a European patent application after publication
- Art. 68 Effect of revocation or limitation of the European patent
- Art. 69 Extent of protection
- Art. 70 Authentic text of a European patent application or European patent
- Chapter IV The European patent application as an object of property
- Art. 71 Transfer and constitution of rights
- Art. 72 Assignment
- Art. 73 Contractual licensing
- Art. 74 Law applicable
- PART III THE EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
- Chapter I Filing and requirements of the European patent application
- Art. 75 Filing of a European patent application
- Art. 76 European divisional applications
- Art. 77 Forwarding of European patent applications
- Art. 78 Requirements of a European patent application
- Art. 79 Designation of Contracting States
- Art. 80 Date of filing
- Art. 81 Designation of the inventor
- Art. 82 Unity of invention
- Art. 83 Disclosure of the invention
- Art. 84 Claims
- Art. 85 Abstract
- Art. 86 Renewal fees for the European patent application
- Chapter II Priority
- Art. 87 Priority right
- Art. 88 Claiming priority
- Art. 89 Effect of priority right
- PART IV PROCEDURE UP TO GRANT
- Art. 90 Examination on filing and examination as to formal requirements
- Art. 91 (deleted) Art. 92 Drawing up of the European search report
- Art. 93 Publication of the European patent application
- Art. 94 Examination of the European patent application
- Art. 95 (deleted) Art. 96 (deleted) Art. 97 Grant or refusal
- Art. 98 Publication of the specification of the European patent
- PART V OPPOSITION AND LIMITATION PROCEDURE
- Art. 99 Opposition
- Art. 100 Grounds for opposition
- Art. 101 Examination of the opposition - Revocation or maintenance of the European patent
- Art. 102 (deleted) Art. 103 Publication of a new specification of the European patent
- Art. 104 Costs
- Art. 105 Intervention of the assumed infringer
- Art. 105a Request for limitation or revocation
- Art. 105b Limitation or revocation of the European patent
- Art. 105c Publication of the amended specification of the European patent
- PART VI APPEALS PROCEDURE
- Art. 106 Decisions subject to appeal
- Art. 107 Persons entitled to appeal and to be parties to appeal proceedings
- Art. 108 Time limit and form
- Art. 109 Interlocutory revision
- Art. 110 Examination of appeals
- Art. 111 Decision in respect of appeals
- Art. 112 Decision or opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal
- Art. 112a Petition for review by the Enlarged Board of
- PART VII COMMON PROVISIONS
- Chapter I Common provisions governing procedure
- Art. 113 Right to be heard and basis of decisions
- Art. 114 Examination by the European Patent Office of its own motion
- Art. 115 Observations by third parties
- Art. 116 Oral proceedings
- Art. 117 Means and taking of evidence
- Art. 118 Unity of the European patent application or European patent
- Art. 119 Notification
- Art. 120 Time limits
- Art. 121 Further processing of the European patent application
- Art. 122 Re-establishment of rights
- Art. 123 Amendments
- Art. 124 Information on prior art
- Art. 125 Reference to general principles
- Art. 126 (deleted)
- Chapter II Information to the public or to official authorities
- Art. 127 European Patent Register
- Art. 128 Inspection of files
- Art. 129 Periodical publications
- Art. 130 Exchange of information
- Art. 131 Administrative and legal co-operation
- Art. 132 Exchange of publications
- Chapter III Representation
- Art. 133 General principles of representation
- Art. 134 Representation before the European Patent Office
- Art. 134a Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
- PART VIII IMPACT ON NATIONAL LAW
- Chapter I Conversion into a national patent application
- Art. 135 Request for conversion
- Art. 136 (deleted) Art. 137 Formal requirements for conversion
- Chapter II Revocation and prior rights
- Art. 138 Revocation of European patents
- Art. 139 Prior rights and rights arising on the same date
- Chapter III Miscellaneous effects
- Art. 140 National utility models and utility certificates
- Art. 141 Renewal fees for European patents
- PART IX SPECIAL AGREEMENTS
- Art. 142 Unitary patents
- Art. 143 Special departments of the European Patent Office
- Art. 144 Representation before special departments
- Art. 145 Select committee of the Administrative Council
- Art. 146 Cover for expenditure for carrying out special tasks
- Art. 147 Payments in respect of renewal fees for unitary patents
- Art. 148 The European patent application as an object of property
- Art. 149 Joint designation
- Art. 149a Other agreements between the Contracting States
- PART X INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY EURO-PCT APPLICATIONS
- Art. 150 Application of the Patent Cooperation Treaty
- Art. 151 The European Patent Office as a receiving Office
- Art. 152 The European Patent Office as an International Searching Authority or International Preliminary Examining Authority
- Art. 153 The European Patent Office as designated Office or elected Office
- Art. 154 (deleted) Art. 155 (deleted) Art. 156 (deleted) Art. 157 (deleted) Art. 158 (deleted)
- PART XI TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS (DELETED)
- Art. 164 Implementing regulations and protocols
- Art. 165 Signature Ratification
- Art. 166 Accession
- Art. 167 (deleted)
- Art. 168 Territorial field of application
- Art. 169 Entry into force
- Art. 170 Initial contribution
- Art. 171 Duration of the Convention
- Art. 172 Revision
- Art. 173 Disputes between Contracting States
- Art. 174 Denunciation
- Art. 175 Preservation of acquired rights
- Art. 176 Financial rights and obligations of former Contracting States
- Art. 177 Languages of the Convention
- Art. 178 Transmission and notifications
- PART XII FINAL PROVISIONS
- Implementing Regulations to theConvention on the Grant ofEuropean Patents
- PART I IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART I OF THE CONVENTION
- Chapter I General Provisions
- R. 1 Written proceedings
- R. 2 Filing of and formal requirements for documents
- R. 3 Language in written proceedings
- R. 4 Language in oral proceedings
- R. 5 Certification of translations
- R. 6 Filing of translations and reduction of fees
- R. 7 Legal authenticity of the translation of the European patent application
- Chapter II Organisation of the European Patent Office
- R. 8 Patent classification
- R. 9 Administrative structure of the European Patent Office
- R. 10 Responsibility of the Receiving Section and the Examining Division
- R. 11 Allocation of duties to the departments of first instance
- R. 12a Organisation and management of the Boards of Appeal Unit and President of the Boards of Appeal
- R. 12b Presidium of the Boards of Appeal and business distribution scheme for the Boards of Appeal
- R. 12c Boards of Appeal Committee and procedure for adoption of the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Appeal and of the Enlarge
- R. 12d Appointment and re-appointment of the members, including the Chairmen, of the Boards of Appeal and of the Enlarged Board
- R. 13 Business distribution scheme for the Enlarged Board of Appeal and adoption of its Rules of Procedure
- PART II IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART II OF THE CONVENTION
- Chapter I Procedure where the applicant is not entitled
- R. 14 Stay of proceedings
- R. 15 Limitation on withdrawals
- R. 16 Procedure under Article 61, paragraph 1
- R. 17 Filing of a new European patent application by the entitled person
- R. 18 Partial transfer of the right to the European patent
- Chapter II Mention of the inventor
- R. 19 Designation of the inventor
- R. 20 Publication of the mention of the inventor
- R. 21 Rectification of the designation of an inventor
- Chapter III Registration of transfers, licences and other rights
- R. 22 Registration of transfers
- R. 23 Registration of licences and other rights
- R. 24 Special entries for licence registrations
- Chapter IV Certificate of exhibition
- R. 25 Certificate of exhibition
- Chapter V Biotechnological inventions
- R. 26 General and definitions
- R. 27 Patentable biotechnological inventions
- R. 28 Exceptions to patentability
- R. 29 The human body and its elements
- R. 30 Requirements of European patent applications relating to nucleotide and amino acid sequences
- R. 31 Deposit of biological material
- R. 32 Expert solution
- R. 33 Availability of biological material
- R. 34 New deposit of biological material
- PART III IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART III OF THE CONVENTION
- Chapter I Filing of the European patent application
- R. 35 General provisions
- R. 36 European divisional applications
- R. 37 Forwarding of European patent applications
- R. 38 Filing fee and search fee
- R. 39 Designation fees
- R. 40 Date of filing
- Chapter II Provisions governing the application
- R. 41 Request for grant
- R. 42 Content of the description
- R. 43 Form and content of claims
- R. 44 Unity of invention
- R. 45 Claims incurring fees
- R. 46 Form of the drawings
- R. 47 Form and content of the abstract
- R. 48 Prohibited matter
- R. 49 General provisions governing the presentation of the application documents
- R. 50 Documents filed subsequently
- Chapter III Renewal fees
- R. 51 Payment of renewal fees
- Chapter IV Priority
- R. 52 Declaration of priority
- R. 53 Priority documents
- R. 54 Issuing priority documents
- PART IV IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART IV OF THE CONVENTION
- Chapter I Examination by the Receiving Section
- R. 55 Examination on filing
- R. 56 Missing parts of the description or missing drawings
- R. 57 Examination as to formal requirements
- R. 58 Correction of deficiencies in the application documents
- R. 59 Deficiencies in claiming priority
- R. 60 Subsequent designation of the inventor
- Chapter II European search report
- R. 61 Content of the European search report
- R. 62 Extended European search report
- R. 62a Applications containing a plurality of independent claims
- R. 63 Incomplete search
- R. 64 European search report where the invention lacks unity
- R. 65 Transmittal of the European search report
- R. 66 Definitive content of the abstract
- Chapter III Publication of the European patent application
- R. 67 Technical preparations for publication
- R. 68 Form of the publication of European patent applications and European search reports
- R. 69 Information about publication
- R. 70 Request for examination
- R. 70a Response to the extended European search report
- Chapter IV Examination by the Examining Division
- R. 70b Request for a copy of search results
- R. 71 Examination procedure
- R. 71a Conclusion of the grant procedure
- R. 72 Grant of the European patent to different applicants
- Chapter V The European patent specification
- R. 73 Content and form of the specification
- R. 74 Certificate for a European patent
- PART V IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART V OF THE CONVENTION
- Chapter I Opposition procedure
- R. 75 Surrender or lapse of the patent
- R. 76 Form and content of the opposition
- R. 77 Rejection of the opposition as inadmissible
- R. 78 Procedure where the proprietor of the patent is not entitled
- R. 79 Preparation of the examination of the opposition
- R. 80 Amendment of the European patent
- R. 81 Examination of opposition
- R. 82 Maintenance of the European patent in amended form
- R. 83 Request for documents
- R. 84 Continuation of the opposition proceedings by the European Patent Office of its own motion
- R. 85 Transfer of the European patent
- R. 86 Documents in opposition proceedings
- R. 87 Content and form of the new specification of the European patent
- R. 88 Costs
- R. 89 Intervention of the assumed infringer
- Chapter II Procedure for limitation or revocation
- R. 90 Subject of proceedings
- R. 91 Responsibility for proceedings
- R. 92 Requirements of the request
- R. 93 Precedence of opposition proceedings
- R. 94 Rejection of the request as inadmissible
- R. 95 Decision on the request
- R. 96 Content and form of the amended European patent specification
- PART VI IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART VI OF THE CONVENTION
- Chapter I Appeals procedure
- R. 97 Appeal against apportionment and fixing of costs
- R. 98 Surrender or lapse of the patent
- R. 99 Content of the notice of appeal and the statement of grounds
- R. 100 Examination of appeals
- R. 101 Rejection of the appeal as inadmissible
- R. 102 Form of decision of the Board of Appeal
- R. 103 Reimbursement of appeal fees
- Chapter II Petitions for review by the Enlarged Board of Appeal
- R. 104 Further fundamental procedural defects
- R. 105 Criminal acts
- R. 106 Obligation to raise objections
- R. 107 Contents of the petition for review
- R. 108 Examination of the petition
- R. 109 Procedure in dealing with petitions for review
- R. 110 Reimbursement of the fee for petitions for review
- PART VII IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART VII OF THE CONVENTION
- Chapter I Decisions and communications of the European Patent Office
- R. 111 Form of decisions
- R. 112 Noting of loss of rights
- R. 113 Signature, name, seal
- Chapter II Observations by third parties
- R. 114 Observations by third parties
- Chapter III Oral proceedings and taking of evidence
- R. 115 Summons to oral proceedings
- R. 116 Preparation of oral proceedings
- R. 117 Decision on taking of evidence
- R. 118 Summons to give evidence before the European Patent Office
- R. 119 Examination of evidence before the European Patent Office
- R. 120 Hearing by a competent national court
- R. 121 Commissioning of experts
- R. 122 Costs of taking of evidence
- R. 123 Conservation of evidence
- R. 124 Minutes of oral proceedings and of taking of evidence
- Chapter IV Notifications
- R. 125 General provisions
- R. 126 Notification by postal services
- R. 127 Notification by means of electronic communication
- R. 128 Notification by delivery by hand
- R. 129 Public notification
- R. 130 Notification to representatives
- Chapter V Time limits
- R. 131 Calculation of periods
- R. 132 Periods specified by the European Patent Office
- R. 133 Late receipt of documents
- R. 134 Extension of periods
- R. 135 Further processing
- R. 136 Re-establishment of rights
- Chapter VI Amendments and corrections
- R. 137 Amendment of the European patent application
- R. 138 Different claims, description and drawings for different States
- R. 139 Correction of errors in documents filed with the European Patent Office
- R. 140 Correction of errors in decisions
- Chapter VII Information on prior art
- R. 141 Information on prior art
- Chapter VIII Interruption of proceedings
- R. 142 Interruption of proceedings
- Chapter IX Information to the public
- R. 143 Entries in the European Patent Register Implementation of:
- R. 144 Parts of the file excluded from inspection
- R. 145 Procedures for the inspection of files
- R. 146 Communication of information contained in the files
- R. 147 Constitution, maintenance and preservation of files
- Chapter X Legal and administrative co-operation
- R. 148 Communications between the European Patent Office and the authorities of the Contracting States
- R. 149 Inspection of files by or via courts or authorities of the Contracting States
- R. 150 Procedure for letters rogatory
- Chapter XI Representation
- R. 151 Appointment of a common representative
- R. 152 Authorisations
- R. 153 Attorney-client evidentiary privilege
- R. 154 Amendment of the list of professional representatives
- PART VIII IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART VIII OF THE CONVENTION
- R. 155 Filing and transmission of the request for conversion
- R. 156 Information to the public in the event of conversion
- PART IX IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART X OF THE CONVENTION
- Chapter I Jurisdiction
- Art. 1
- Art. 2
- Art. 3
- Art. 4
- Art. 5
- Art. 6
- Art. 7
- Art. 8
- Chapter II Recognition
- Art. 9
- Art. 10
- Art. 11
- Rfees 1 General
- Rfees 2 Fees provided for in the Convention and in the Implementing Regulations
- Rfees 3 Fees, expenses and prices laid down by the President of the Office
- Rfees 4 Due date for fees
- Rfees 5 Payment of fees
- Rfees 6 Particulars concerning payments
- Rfees 7 Date to be considered as the date on which payment is made
- Rfees 8 Insufficiency of the amount paid
- Rfees 9 Refund of search fees
- Rfees 10 Refund of the fee for a technical opinion
- Rfees 11 Refund of examination fee
- Rfees 12 Refund of insignificant amounts
- Rfees 13 Termination of financial obligations
- Rfees 14 Reduction of fees
- Rfees 15 Entry into force
- R. 157 The European Patent Office as a receiving Office
- R. 158 The European Patent Office as an International Searching Authority or International Preliminary Examining Authority
- R. 159 The European Patent Office as a designated or elected Office - Requirements for entry into the European phase
- R. 160 Consequences of non-fulfilment of certain requirements
- R. 161 Amendment of the application
- R. 162 Claims incurring fees
- R. 163 Examination of certain formal requirements by the European Patent Office
- R. 164 Unity of invention and further searches
- R. 165 The Euro-PCT application as conflicting application under Article 54, paragraph 3
- Protocol on the Interpretation ofArticle 69
- Art. 1 General principles
- Art. 2 Equivalents
- Protocol on Jurisdiction and theRecognition of Decisions in respectof the Right to the Grant of aEuropean Patent
- Rules relating to Fees
- Cross-reference index
- Case Law Table
- Index to the AEPC
- Back Cover
