Oral hearings on the EPO’s competency to assess an issue suggest that the board is unlikely to upset the apple cart, explain Jamie Atkins and Abi Heath of Kilburn & Strode.
Jakob Pade Frederiksen of Inspicos explains a ruling on the acceptance of evidence that is made public after the filing of an application to prove a technical effect
The long-awaited G 2/21 decision is good news for applicants in the pharmaceutical space that have to rely on submitting experimental evidence generated or published after the application’s filing date.
In a "first to file" patent system as exists in the United States and in most countries throughout the world, timing of when to file a patent application is critically important but must be balanced.
In a “first to file” patent system as exists in the United States and in most countries throughout the world, timing of when to file a patent application is critically important but.