Course overview
This practical and interactive course will help administrative staff in the competent preparation of an application for filing before the EPO. The programme will deepen your understanding of this highly complex area by providing information on all the key administrative aspects including the documentation required on filing, the procedural steps to be followed, and details of time limits and fee payments.
These intensive and highly valuable two days will enhance your knowledge of the formalities procedures at the EPO and enable you to be more efficient in your role. The course will also offer the opportunity to network with like-minded professionals from other companies and question our expert trainers on the procedures.
Key topics to be covered:
- Introduction to the European patent system
- The European patent application
- Electronic filing
- Procedure before the receiving section and search divisions
- Time limits, fees
- Loss of rights, transfer of rights
- Examination procedure
- Post-grant proceedings
- Overview of PCT
- Regional entry before the European Patent Office (EPO)
This course is part of our collection of IP & Patents Training Courses.
Why you should attend
By attending this seminar, you will:
- Master the art of competently preparing an application for filing before the EPO
- Receive guidance and insights on all the latest administrative aspects
- Learn which documents are required on filing
- Understand the procedural steps involved and how to complete them successfully
- Get to grips with time limits and how they can affect your application
- Review all aspects of fee payments
Who should attend?
- Patent administrators and patent formalities staff
- Office managers in industrial patent departments
- Patent administrators in private practice
- Those needing a good understanding of the formal requirements of the European patent system
The Formal Requirements of the European Patent System course will cover:
Introduction to the European patent system
- History and development
- Organisation of the EPO
- Departmental responsibilities
The European patent application
- Documents needed on filing
- Accordance of a date of filing
- Formalities examination
- Missing parts of the description and missing drawings
- Case management
Practical exercise: Divisional application
Introduction to electronic filing
- Case management system
- Web-form filing
Procedure before the receiving section and search divisions
- Search report and search opinion
- Response to the search opinion
- Publication of the application
Fees
- Modes of payment
- Reductions
- Refunds
Practical exercise: Fee payment
Time limits – notification
- Calculation
- Extensions
- Notification
Loss of rights – remedies
- Further processing
- Re-establishment of rights
- Transfer of rights
Practical exercise: Time limits
Substantive examination – examining division
- Formal procedures up to grant of the European patent
- Refusal of the application
- Withdrawal of the application
- Deemed to be withdrawn
- Accelerated examination
Post-grant proceedings
- Opposition
- Limitation
- Appeal
Overview of PCT
- Overview of the international phase
- Entry in the regional phase
Regional entry before the EPO as designated office
- EPO Form 1200
- Payment of fees
- Supplementary European search
- Substantive examination
Richard Gillespie
Inventorship
Richard Gillespie, European and Irish Patent Attorney and owner of Inventorship, an intellectual property advice and services company, has over fifteen years’ experience
in diverse technical fields (such as medical devices, computers,
electronics, and telecoms) from his work at top tier patent practices in
Dublin and London. He organises CEIPI tutorials for preparing Irish
trainees to become European Patent Attorneys. He also tutors on European
and Irish law relating to inventive step.
Richard
is a qualified European and Irish patent attorney and a qualified
design representative before the European Union’s Intellectual Property
Office (EUIPO). He holds a degree in computer and electronic engineering
from Trinity College Dublin. While there he completed a research
master’s degree on the power consumption of CMOS binary multipliers,
kayaked and played the guitar. During this time, he enjoyed teaching
undergraduate laboratory courses in telecommunications.
More details
Belgium
- Ablynx
- Agfa-Gevaert NV
- Bayer CropScience N.V.
- Denk IP bvba
- IMEC VZW
Italy
- Hoffmann Eitle
- HOFFMANN EITLE S.R.L.
- Hoffmann Eitle SRL
- Marben s.r.l.
- SEALED AIR SRL
Netherlands
- Koninklijke KPN
- Koninklijke KPN N.V.
- NLO
- Shell International B.V.
Spain
- Galbaian S.Coop
- ZBM Patents
- ZBM Patents & Trademarks
- ZBM PATENTS, S.L.
Sweden
- AstraZeneca AB
- AWA Sweden AB
- Awapatent AB
- Ericsson AB
Switzerland
- Firmenich SA
- JT International SA
- JTI SA
- Philip Morris Products S.A.
Norway
- Bryn Aarflot A/S
- Bryn Aarflot AS
- Zacco Norway AS
United Kingdom
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Kilburn & Strode LLP
- Schlumberger Cambridge Research Ltd
Germany
Greece
- BIC VIOLEX S.A.
- Industrial Property Organisation
Canada
Denmark
Luxembourg
Poland
- JTI GBS Poland Sp. z o.o.
United States of America
Run Formal Requirements of the European Patent System Classroom/Live online for your team
- Per attendee, based on 10 attendees
- Course tailored to your requirements
- At your choice of location, or online
We can customise this course to your requirements and deliver it on an in-house basis for any number of your staff or colleagues.
Contact our in-house training experts Aleksandra Beer and Yesim Nurko to discuss your requirements: