#BoardofAppeal

The beginning of the end? Practice at the European Patent Office (EPO) currently requires that, before an application is granted,…

Complications following a recent Board of Appeal decision Certain categories are considered by the European Patent Convention to be either…

The European Patent Office (EPO) does not give the description in a granted patent much weight when construing the claims….

Position trade mark registrations protect signs in the specific way that they appear on goods. A common example of such…

A peculiarity of patent prosecution at the EPO is that examiners typically insist on the description being amended into line…

In some fields – such as chemistry, biology and physics – results are not totally predictable. However, it can be…