The European Patent Office (EPO) and participating European Union countries are in the final stages of establishing the Unitary Patent…
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T 1989/18 – An end to description amendments at the EPO?
A peculiarity of patent prosecution at the EPO is that examiners typically insist on the description being amended into line…
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EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal to give guidance on timings of data submission
In some fields – such as chemistry, biology and physics – results are not totally predictable. However, it can be…
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European Patent Office extends the exemption for filing search reports to China
The European Patent Convention requires that an applicant filing an application at the European Patent Office (EPO) that claims priority…
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ViCo no-go at EPO?
Friday, 28 May 2021 saw a first in Oral Proceedings at the European Patent Office with the live streaming of…
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Artificial Intelligence – clever enough to be inventive?
As part of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly finding its way into virtually every part…
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New Year brings IP changes, but patent process remains the same
As the New Year starts many of us think about setting new goals and making changes. One thing that hasn’t…
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Barker Brettell revealed as ‘most trusted’ by US law firms with prosecution work
Barker Brettell has been revealed as the UK firm of choice for US law firms with patent prosecution work, according…
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G 1/19: Patenting Computer-Implemented Simulations
It is over ten years since software patents (a.k.a. computer-implemented inventions, or CIIs) were last discussed at the level of…
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Plausibility at the EPO – how much data or experimental information is enough?
A patent for an invention provides its owner with the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale…
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