The opposition procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO) is a post-grant, contentious, inter partes, administrative procedure intended to allow...

patent application may be appealed by the applicant. The appeal procedure before the European Patent Office is under the responsibility of its Boards of Appeal...

The grant procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO) is an ex parte, administrative procedure, which includes the filing of a European patent application...

to grant a patent for an invention. The patents granted by the European Patent Office are called European patents. The European Patent Office (EPO) grants...

European patent law covers a range of legislations including national patent laws, the Strasbourg Convention of 1963, the European Patent Convention of...

the patent proprietor only. The EPC provides a legal framework for the granting of European patents, via a single, harmonised procedure before the European...

In European patent law, the limitation and revocation procedures before the European Patent Office (EPO) are post-grant, ex parte, administrative procedures...

juristic person (i.e., a party to the proceedings) needs to be represented in proceedings before the European Patent Office (EPO). There is no general obligation...

regional patent offices provide procedures for reconsidering whether or not a given patent is valid after grant. Under the European Patent Convention...

rights. Opposition procedure before the European Patent Office Interference proceeding (US patent law) Inter partes reexamination in US patent law Inter...