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4 - April

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Official Journal April 2001

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Online publication date: 26.4.2001
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BOARDS OF APPEAL
Decisions of the Legal Board of Appeal
Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 31 October 2000 – J 15/98183-190PDFHTML
Decisions of the Technical Boards of Appeal
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.4 dated 9 October 2000 – T 736/95 (Language of the proceedings)191-195PDFHTML
Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.2 dated 7 April 2000 – W 6/99196-202PDFHTML
INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Information from the EPO
Notice concerning the composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and the boards of appeal of the European Patent Office in the 2001 working year203PDFHTML
REPRESENTATION
Disciplinary matters
Appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office204PDFHTML
List of professional representatives before the EPO
List of professional representatives before the EPO205-211PDFHTML
CEIPI/epi
Basic training in European patent law212-214PDFHTML
INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
DE Germany
Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) dated 27 October 1998 (X ZR 56/96) – "Sammelförderer" (Collecting conveyor) "Interpretation of (European) patent – doctrine of equivalents" – "EP 095 603"215PDFHTML
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
General
Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (situation on 1 March 2001)216-229PDFHTML
PCT
Accession by the Republic of Ecuador (EC)229PDFHTML
FEES
Important notice concerning fees230PDFHTML
Guidance for the payment of fees, costs and prices230PDFHTML

Supplement

Supplement to OJ 4/2001
The electronic filing of European patent applications

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INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Information from the EPO
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 7 December 2000 on the electronic filing of European patent applications and subsequent documents (German text)1-4PDF 
Technical standard for the electronic filing of European patent applications and subsequent documents (German text)5-21PDF 
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 7 December 2000 on the electronic filing of European patent applications and subsequent documents23-25PDF 
Technical standard for the electronic filing of European patent applications and subsequent documents27-43PDF 
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 7 December 2000 on the electronic filing of European patent applications and subsequent documents (French text)45-47PDF 
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