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…

Avionics have been instrumental in establishing modern aviation. Since the term – a portmanteau of “aviation electronics” – was coined…

The decarbonisation of road transport in the coming decades seems inevitable. Governments around the world are preparing to ban the…

In the past 30 years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has improved by leaps and bounds. Suitably programmed computers are very well…

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has just released details of the updated funding programme directed to supporting SMEs during…

Abstract Shortly after celebrating its one-year anniversary, things look to be very much in full swing for the Unitary Patent…

The Court of Appeal has now handed down the judgment in, arguably, the summer of 2024’s most anticipated UK patent…

As discussed in the article Does the description matter when the patent has been granted?, two referrals on claim interpretation…

Wind power can be broadly classified into two types. The more familiar type is onshore wind power. The wind turbines…

In many jurisdictions (most notably the U.S.), multiple dependency of claims is not allowed. It is therefore common to have…

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