dompatenthat einen Beitrag geschrieben.21. Februar 2025
🔬 Patente in Chemie & Pharmazie: Kompaktkurs der GDCh 💡
Patente spielen eine zentrale Rolle in Forschung & Entwicklung – aber wie nutzt man sie strategisch? Die Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) bietet einen Kompaktkurs, der genau diese Fragen beantwortet.
📌 Themen-Highlights:
✔ Patent – publish or perish
✔ Strategie – Angriff & Verteidigung
✔ Einführung in die Patentrecherche
✔ Schutzbereich & Patentverletzungen in Chemie & Pharmazie
👩⚖️ Mit dabei: Unsere Expert:innen Dr. Eva Bock...
dompatenthat einen Beitrag geschrieben.31. Mai 2022
💡 ➡ 🧾 "Vom Brainstorming zum Patent"💡 ➡ 🧾
Nachdem wir das Jahr 2022 mit einem Webinar zum Thema Erfindung begonnen haben, starten wir in den Webinar-Sommer mit einer Veranstaltung zu dem Themenkomplex der technischen Schutzrechte in Verbindung mit der Entwicklung von Ideen durch Brainstorming.
Am 2. Juni 2022 um 14:00 Uhr wird Ihnen Frau Katharina Boguslawski gemeinsam mit unserem Patentanwalt Herrn Thomas Henzler in unserem kostenfreien Webinar das Thema
“Vom Brainstorming zum Patent”
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dompatenthat einen Beitrag geschrieben.24. März 2022
dompatenthat einen Beitrag geschrieben.7. März 2022
We wish all Candidates good luck in the upcoming European qualifying examination (EQE)!
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Wir wünschen allen Kandidaten viel Erfolg für die anstehende Europäische Eignungsprüfung (EQE/EEP)
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dompatenthat einen Beitrag geschrieben.3. März 2022
In T 2904/19 the Boards of Appeal of the EPO had to decide on the admissibility of an intervention and the re-ordering of requests.
In the present case, an intervention of an assumed infringer was filed two days after oral proceedings before the Opposition Division were conducted. In the oral proceedings the patent was upheld as granted. Additionally, the opponent filed an appeal against the decision of the Opposition Division. In this case, the Board concluded that where an intervention is file...
dompatenthat einen Beitrag geschrieben.1. März 2022
In 2022, the Ideas Powered for business SME Fund will be implemented by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
Aiming in helping the EU small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to protect their Intellectual property (IP) rights, the fund offers vouchers that will provide access to a partial refunds in a variety of IP activities. Specifically, two type of vouchers are offered:
1. Voucher 1 (maximum EUR 1 500) for an IP scan, trade marks, and/or designs registration.
2. Voucher ...
dompatenthat einen Beitrag geschrieben.25. Februar 2022
New EPO Guidelines for Examination from 1 March 2022:
🇺🇸 Most important updates: Guidelines for Examination of the European Patent Office coming into force on 1 March 2022.
🇩🇪 Die wichtigste Aktualisierungen: Richtlinien für die Prüfung im Europäischen Patentamt, die am 1. März 2022 in Kraft treten.
🇨🇳 最重要的更新:新版欧洲专利局的审查指南将于2022年3月1日生效.
Read the detailed summary about the most relevant amendments to the EPO Guidelines, entering into force next Tuesday (1 March 2022) by Thomas Henzler and Dr...
dompatenthat einen Beitrag geschrieben.23. Februar 2022
Referrals G 1/22 and G2/22 to the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office are pending. The referrals concern the PCT Joint Applicants Approach and the validity of transfer of priority rights.
The following questions were referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeals:
I. Does the EPC confer jurisdiction on the EPO to determine whether a party validly claims to be a successor in title as referred to in Article 87(1)(b) EPC?
II. If question I is answered in the affirmative:
Can a part...
dompatenthat einen Beitrag geschrieben.21. Februar 2022
On 1. March 2022 updated Guidelines for Examination at the European Patent Office come into force:
1. Description amendments: F-IV, 4.3 has been updated to soften the requirement of the adapted description to accord with the claims. No removal or prominent marking is necessary for embodiments in the description that are no longer covered by amended claims.
2. Establishing a technical effect of a simulation: G-II, 3.3.2 has been updated to clarify how to approach establishing if there is a techni...
dompatenthat einen Beitrag geschrieben.18. Februar 2022
Combination claims always face a high patentability bar in Europe. In practice, this requires the patent applicant to demonstrate that the combined features produce a synergistic as opposed to mere additive effect. In the absence of an unexpected synergistic effect, combinations of known drugs for use in therapy are often considered obvious-to-try by the EP patent Examiners.
As recent Boards of Appeal case law confirms, a claimed therapeutic combination must not have been the subject of accident...