European Patent Office (English Wikipedia)

"Social Report 2020" (PDF). EPO. 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
European Patent Office, Annual Report 2019. Staff and resources Archived 14 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Fig. 2 Analysis of staff in post on 31 December 2009 by place of employment & grade. Consulted on 1 June 2010.

europa.eu

europarl.europa.eu

"Parliamentary questions – Question for written answer E-003298/2020 to the Commission – Rule 138 – Clare Daly (GUE/NGL) – Subject: Establishment of a European Patent Organisation Treasury Investment Fund". europarl.europa.eu. European Parliament. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
"Parliamentary questions – Answer given by Mr Breton on behalf of the European Commission – Question reference: E-003298/2020". europarl.europa.eu. European Parliament. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

eur-lex.europa.eu

Article 32(1)i, Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, implementing Article 9.3 of Regulation 1257/2012

european-patent-office.org

The abbreviation "EPOff" has been also used to refer to the European Patent Office, in order to distinguish it from the European Patent Organisation, see European Patent Office web site, European Patent Convention (EPC), Alphabetical keyword index. Consulted 17 November 2007.

fazjob.net

"Burgfrieden in der Steueroase Europaeisches Patentamt" [Truce in the tax haven of the EPO]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Munich. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015. – English, French and Dutch translations of "Burgfrieden in der Steueroase Europaeisches Patentamt": "Truce in the tax haven of the EPO"

fiveipoffices.org

See Five IP offices website.

genios.de

Sorge, Petra (22 June 2018). "Die unheimliche Wette" [The uncanny bet]. WirtschaftsWoche (in German). No. 26. Retrieved 19 February 2021. (also available here)

hm-treasury.gov.uk

Gower's Report on Intellectual Property Archived 19 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, para 1.34

iam-media.com

Houldsworth, Adam (10 March 2023). "EPO staff endorse industry patent quality complaints". www.iam-media.com. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

ip-watch.org

"European Patent Office Staff Calls Strike; President Battistelli Reacts", Intellectual Property Watch, 19 March 2014

juve-patent.com

Richter, Konstanze (12 October 2022). "Dissatisfied industry users push back against EPO quality measures". JUVE Patent. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

kluweriplaw.com

patentblog.kluweriplaw.com

"Deteriorating patent quality: EPO under fire, management is not impressed". Kluwer Patent Blog. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
"Beat Weibel: Low quality patents harm European industry". Kluwer Patent Blog. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

lemonde.fr

Hopquin, Benoît (7 April 2015). "Un si bon office" [Such a good office]. Le Monde (in French). Paris. Retrieved 28 September 2015. – English, German and Dutch translations of "Un si bon office": "Such a good office"

rechtspraak.nl

deeplink.rechtspraak.nl

ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2015:1245
Judgment: ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2015:255 – Unofficial English translation by SUEPO: "Case No. 200.141.812-01"

suepo.org

Bossung, Otto. "The Return of European Patent Law in the European Union". IIC. 27 (3/1996). Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012. Thus the management of the EPO is dominated by the delegates of the contracting States in the Administrative Council. It is entirely natural that their thoughts and actions are primarily guided by their responsibilities in the national sector. Hence it is national interests, the interests of the national patent offices, national patent attorneys, national lobbies, national business sectors and other national interests, that are the decisive forces within the Administrative Council of the EPO.
Hopquin, Benoît (7 April 2015). "Un si bon office" [Such a good office]. Le Monde (in French). Paris. Retrieved 28 September 2015. – English, German and Dutch translations of "Un si bon office": "Such a good office"
Judgment: ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2015:255 – Unofficial English translation by SUEPO: "Case No. 200.141.812-01"
Feenstra, Willem (26 February 2015). "Opstelten: Uitspraak rechter geldt niet voor europese instelling" [Opstelten: Court ruling does not apply to European institution]. De Volkskrant (in Dutch). The Hague. Retrieved 25 September 2015. – English, French and German translations of "Opstelten: Uitspraak rechter geldt niet voor europese instelling": "Opstelten: Court ruling does not apply to European institution"
"Streit beim Europäischen Patentamt eskaliert", Süddeutsche Zeitung, 11 March 2014
Stoffelen, Anneke (10 September 2015). "Alarm om schrikbewind bij Europees patentbureau na vijfde zelfmoord" [Alarm about reign of terror at the European Patent Office after fifth suicide]. De Volkskrant (in Dutch). The Hague. Retrieved 25 September 2015. – English, French and Dutch translations of "Alarm om schrikbewind bij Europees patentbureau na vijfde zelfmoord": "Alarm about reign of terror at the European Patent Office after fifth suicide"
Sorge, Petra (22 June 2018). "Die unheimliche Wette" [The uncanny bet]. WirtschaftsWoche (in German). No. 26. Retrieved 19 February 2021. (also available here)

techrights.org

"Burgfrieden in der Steueroase Europaeisches Patentamt" [Truce in the tax haven of the EPO]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Munich. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015. – English, French and Dutch translations of "Burgfrieden in der Steueroase Europaeisches Patentamt": "Truce in the tax haven of the EPO"

unionsyndicale.eu

English translation of "Umstritten und souverän": "Controversial and sovereign" Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine

volkskrant.nl

Feenstra, Willem (26 February 2015). "Opstelten: Uitspraak rechter geldt niet voor europese instelling" [Opstelten: Court ruling does not apply to European institution]. De Volkskrant (in Dutch). The Hague. Retrieved 25 September 2015. – English, French and German translations of "Opstelten: Uitspraak rechter geldt niet voor europese instelling": "Opstelten: Court ruling does not apply to European institution"
Stoffelen, Anneke (10 September 2015). "Alarm om schrikbewind bij Europees patentbureau na vijfde zelfmoord" [Alarm about reign of terror at the European Patent Office after fifth suicide]. De Volkskrant (in Dutch). The Hague. Retrieved 25 September 2015. – English, French and Dutch translations of "Alarm om schrikbewind bij Europees patentbureau na vijfde zelfmoord": "Alarm about reign of terror at the European Patent Office after fifth suicide"

web.archive.org

Gower's Report on Intellectual Property Archived 19 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, para 1.34
See Article 1 of Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 5 October 2010 on the filing of copies of search results under Rule 141(1) EPC – utilisation scheme Archived 23 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine, EPO web site, Notices and decisions of the President, 20 October 2010. Consulted on 22 October 2010.
"Locations". EPO. 19 January 2023. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
European Patent Office, Annual Report 2019. Staff and resources Archived 14 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Fig. 2 Analysis of staff in post on 31 December 2009 by place of employment & grade. Consulted on 1 June 2010.
EPO web site, Benoît Battistelli elected EPO President Archived 6 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine, News, 1 March 2010. Consulted on 2 March 2010.
See for instance: EPO web site, Decision on next EPO President deferred Archived 27 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine, News, 30 October 2009. Consulted on 31 October 2009.
Bossung, Otto. "The Return of European Patent Law in the European Union". IIC. 27 (3/1996). Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012. Thus the management of the EPO is dominated by the delegates of the contracting States in the Administrative Council. It is entirely natural that their thoughts and actions are primarily guided by their responsibilities in the national sector. Hence it is national interests, the interests of the national patent offices, national patent attorneys, national lobbies, national business sectors and other national interests, that are the decisive forces within the Administrative Council of the EPO.
English translation of "Umstritten und souverän": "Controversial and sovereign" Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine

welt.de

Tauber, Andre (24 August 2014). "Aufstand der Besserverdiener" [Uprising of the high-income earners]. Die Welt (in German). Axel Springer SE. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

wikisource.org

en.wikisource.org

Article 32(1)i, Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, implementing Article 9.3 of Regulation 1257/2012

wipo.int

PCT Newsletter No. 04/2010, page 1, "European Patent Office to Offer Supplementary International Search", and page 7, "Notification under PCT Rule 90.4(d) and 90.5(c) (European Patent Office)" ("... to include its capacity as Supplementary International Searching Authority (SISA).")
As of October 2009, three countries: Luxembourg, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, see PCT Reservations, Declarations, Notifications and Incompatibilities (status on 29 September 2009) (PCT Articles, 22(1)) and Article 22(1) PCT (See "Editor's Note").
PCT Applicant’s Guide – International Phase – Annex SISA, SISA International Searching Authorities (Supplementary Search) EP European Patent Office (EPO), 3 June 2010, page 2. Consulted on 6 June 2010.

wiwo.de

Sorge, Petra (24 June 2018). "Scharfe Kritik an Finanzgebaren des Europäischen Patentamts" [Sharp criticism of financial practices of the European Patent Office]. wiwo.de (in German). Handelsblatt GmbH. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

worldipreview.com

"EPO facing more strike action", World Intellectual Property Review, 28 May 2014
"EPO staff in Battistelli fight" ", World Intellectual Property Review, 28 May 2014
"German law firms raise concerns over EPO patent quality". www.worldipreview.com. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

zeit.de

"Umstritten und souverän", Die Zeit, 30 March 2014