As from 1 January 2011 Rule 141 EPC, as modified by Administrative Council decision CA/D 18/09, will require applicants to supply search results relating to any priority filings. On the face of it, this adds yet another burden on applicants that they c…

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The IPKat reported in a post dated 11 June 2007 of a referral having been made to the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal (G 2/07) on the subject of whether a process involving crossing and selection of broccoli could be patentable. Another referral was then…

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