References to the European Patent Convention
The References to the European Patent Convention aims to assist practising patent attorneys and students for the European Qualifying Examination in quickly identifying and locating items relating to a particular article or rule of the EPC.
In addition to covering the EPC, the annexes of the book contain a compilation of exam material not, or not yet, incorporated in books published by the EPO. The book is printed in one paperback volume covering the main book and the annexes; a total of almost 1500 A4 pages. |
The main part of the book
The main part, of over 1100 pages, includes the full text of the EPC. The Articles are listed in sequence, with the Rules inserted at the appropriate places. Most chapters of the Guidelines are fully covered, just as a large set of selected Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention.
The main part of the book further includes an annotated version of the Rules Relating to Fees, Arrangements for Deposit Accounts and Automatic Debiting Procedure and an annotated version of the Euro-PCT Guide. Many flow-charts and tables are used to give a quick overview of the legal structure, the processes, acts to perform, fees to pay, and available remedies. For each article and rule, references are given to:
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Annexes
The second part book, of the book includes eight annexes.
- Headnotes
of all decisions of the Enlarged Board and selected landmark decisions of the
Boards of Appeal
- Recently
published Ancillary Regulations (if not covered in the main book), and a
thorough overview of which Ancillary Regulations are still in force
- Selected
relevant treaties
- Transitional
provisions from EPC1973 to EPC2000
- Calendar
tool
- Six
detailed concordance tables showing the mapping of articles and rules from
EPC1973 to EPC2000 and vice versa
- Index to
the rules and articles
- Coverage of the Guidelines
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