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Official Journal May 1998

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Online publication date: 31.5.1998
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BOARDS OF APPEAL
Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.2 dated 11 June 1997 – T 329/94241-249PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.1 dated 9 July 1997 – T 1105/96249-255PDFHTML
INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Notices of the President of the EPO
Notice of the President of the EPO dated 20 April 1998 concerning the extension of time limits under Rule 85 EPC256PDFHTML
Information from the EPO
Impact of the year 2000 on dates and patent document numbers256PDFHTML
REPRESENTATION
List of professional representatives before the EPO
List of professional representatives before the EPO257-261PDFHTML
CEIPI
Special Preparatory Course for the CEIPI Seminar on Paper D (legal questions)262PDFHTML
INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
DE Germany
Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), 10th Civil Senate, dated 5 December 1995 – Corioliskraft (Coriolis force) "Period of grace – calculation"263-266PDFHTML
Referral by the Bundespatentgericht (Federal Patent Court) dated 29 January 1998 – Translations/BASF "European patent deemed void if prescribed translation not filed – compatibility with EC Treaty (ECT)" – "Referral to ECJ"267-277PDFHTML
NL Netherlands
Decision of the Hoge Raad (Supreme Court) dated 23 June 1995 – Follicle stimulation hormone II "Period of grace – calculation – evident abuse" – "Right based on prior use" – "Right to conduct tests"278-281PDFHTML
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
PCT
Decision of the President of the EPO dated 26 February 1998 concerning the late-payment fee under Rule 58bis.2 PCT282PDFHTML
FEES
Important notice283PDFHTML

Supplement

Supplement to OJ 5/1998
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 20 April 1998 revising the equivalents of the fees, costs and prices in the currencies of certain Contracting States

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