5 June 2023 To mark the occasion of World Environment Day and the pursuit of a more sustainable world, the European Patent Office (EPO) is pleased to announce the winners of the Kids' collaborative art competition. A highlight of the EPO's exciting …
5 June 2023 On 1 June 2023, the Unitary Patent system entered into force across 17 EU Member States, signifying the single most important development in European patent history since the signing of the European Patent Convention on 5 October 1973, nearly …
1 June 2023 The critical role of intellectual property in driving sustainable development was the focus of a major event held in Lisbon, Portugal, in which the EPO played an active part. The event comes in the wake of a UN interim report published in April …
31 May 2023 The 17th Annual Meeting for the European Patent Network took place in Lisbon from 26 to 27 May, marking the first face-to-face gathering since the shift to digital meetings in 2020. The meeting has provided an invaluable opportunity for …
30 May 2023 In the framework of our Strategic Plan, the European Patent Office (EPO) has embarked on an ambitious programme to transform and improve the way we interact with our users. Offering a fully digitalised and paperless patent granting process ( …
26 May 2023 António Campinos, President of the European Patent Office (EPO), and Christophe Haunold, President of the Association of European Science and Technology Transfer Professionals (ASTP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The purpose of …
26 May 2023 1 June marks an historic day for patent protection in Europe with the entry into operation of the much anticipated Unitary Patent system. The launch represents the most significant development in the European patent landscape since the signing …
23 May 2023 The EPO has today published a firefighting platform with an initial selection of some 30 smart patent information searches giving easy access to lifesaving technologies. This is the third Espacenet platform, following the "Fighting …
23 May 2023 Following the recent announcement of the European Inventor Award finalists, the European Patent Office (EPO) today announced three finalists in the 2023 Young Inventors Prize. Now in its second edition, the Prize will celebrate a researcher …
12 May 2023 The EPO held the PATLIB2023 conference in Tallinn on 11 and 12 May. Organised in co-operation with the Estonian Patent Office, the hybrid event was attended onsite and online by more than 1 600 participants from 75 countries. In addition, the …
11 May 2023 Three new case studies from the EPO highlight the role of patents in growing businesses that are developing technologies to detect, diagnose and treat cancer. According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), cancer is the first …
9 May 2023 The European Patent Office (EPO) today announced the 12 inventors and inventor teams selected as finalists for the 2023 European Inventor Award. The winners will be revealed at a ceremony streamed from Valencia on 4 July and with the …
8 May 2023 From 3 to 5 May, EPO President António Campinos visited Morocco to hold discussions with the Minister of Industry and Commerce Mr Ryad Mezzour, and the Head of the Moroccan Office for Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC), Mr Abdelaziz …
5 May 2023 At the latest meeting of the SACEPO Working Party on Guidelines (4 May 2023) the members discussed the responses to the public user consultation on the EPC and PCT-EPO Guidelines. On opening the meeting, the Office presented an outlook on this …
28-29 April 2023 From left to right: EPO President António Campinos and Mr. Koyuncu, Rector of Istanbul Technical University Last week, President Campinos was in Türkiye to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Pan-European Seal Young …
3 May 2023 Steve Rowan, Vice-President Patent Granting Process, welcoming the girls at the event in The Hague. Who might be the next great women inventors? Well, there’s a chance they recently visited the EPO. On 30 March in The Hague and on 27 April in …
2 May 2023 In the run-up to the entry into operation of the Unitary Patent system on 1 June 2023 the EPO has published a supplementary edition of the Official Journal, listing decisions and notices, as well as a guidance for the payment of fees, expenses …
27 April 2023 The newly formatted versions of the EPO's legal texts on new.epo.org are now the official versions of the texts. Following a one-month transition period, the older versions have now been removed from the website. The texts are …
27 April 2023 From left to right: Telmo Vilela, Principal Advisor to the President, António Campinos, President, Christoph Ernst, Vice-President, Gilles Requena, Chief Patent Research and Policy Officer On 26 April, EPO President António Campinos and Denis …
26 April 2023 This spring and summer, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) are conducting a study of companies in Europe and the United States. Linked to this study, a survey, conducted on behalf of the EPO, will focus …
