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Under the European Patent Convention (EPC), any third party –i.e., essentially any person [notes 1] – may file observations on the patentability of an invention which is the subject of a European patent application or, after grant, subject of a European patent, [notes 2] especially to draw the attention of the European Patent Office (EPO) to some relevant prior art documents. [2]
In patent law, a search report is a report established by a patent office, which mentions documents which may be taken into consideration in deciding whether the invention to which a patent application relates is patentable. [1] The documents mentioned in the search report usually form part of the prior art.
If, when carrying out a search, the search division considers that the application lacks unity (i.e., it doesn't meet the provisions of Article 82), a partial search report is established. [5] The EPO then requires one or more further search fees for the other identified inventions, or groups of inventions, that the search may cover. [5]
The European Patent Register, also known as the Register of European Patents, [1] is a public register kept by the European Patent Office (EPO). It contains legal information relating to published European patent applications and European patents granted under the European Patent Convention (EPC).
The Global Dossier is an online public service launched in June 2014 by the five "IP5" offices, i.e. the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), China's National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), to offer an integrated access to the respective "file wrappers", free of ...
The European Patent Bulletin is a weekly trilingual publication of the European Patent Office (EPO), generally issued every Wednesday. [1] It contains "entries made in the Register of European Patents, as well as other particulars, the publication of which is prescribed by [the European Patent Convention (EPC)] or its implementation".
Espacenet was developed by the European Patent Office (EPO) together with the member states of the European Patent Organisation. Most member states have an Espacenet service in their national language, and access to the EPO's worldwide database, most of which is in English. In 2022, the Espacenet worldwide service claimed to have records on ...
The Search Divisions of the EPO establish search reports, named "European search reports", on the basis of the claims, "with due regard to the description and any drawings". [33] The European search report established for a patent application is transmitted to the applicant together with copies of any cited documents. [34]