Questions tagged [european]

Questions specifically relating to the EPO rules, patent practices in Europe, and patents filed in Europe

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USPTO Non Provisional Application and European Filing

A USPTO Provisional Application (PPA) has been submitted and a NPA is to be drafted. That being said, What needs to be done \ avoided to maintain eligibility to file a European Application? What is the "Gap" between a NPA and a European…
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Where can I find European Patent Office documents?

We are trying to get a European patent issued through our patent attorney in Munich. To save money, we would like to send him a first draft of a response to the examiner's rejection for lack of inventive step. But I cannot find any examples of what…
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Is there such thing as an EU patent?

Is it possible to file one patent that covers all EU countries? Or must one file a patent in each of the individual countries?
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What does it mean when a national patent out of a european patent gets contested

Lets assume that someones owns a national patent. Then he registers a european patent with the priority of his national patent. Later in a different state of the european union the patent gets contested. Does this mean, that the protection by the…
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