- Epoline
"epoline" [ "epoline" is a
trademark of the European Patent Organisation (see community trade marks No: 000970566 and 001070077 on [http://oami.europa.eu/CTMOnline/RequestManager/en_SearchBasic_NoReg "CTM-ONLINE - Trade mark consultation service - Basic"] ).] is a set of web-basedsoftware program s and services enabling applicants,patent ees and their representatives to filepatent application s online before the European Patent Office (EPO), as well as to monitor the status of patent applications during their prosecution and patents during an opposition. The "epoline" products and services have been implemented and are maintained by the EPO, according to the Decision of the President of the EPO dated29 October 2002 .Products and services
Besides being available for filing European patent applications, the "epoline" online filing software can also be used since
December 3 ,2003 for filing any official document during patent prosecution. The use of on-line filing passed the 50% level of patent application filings in January 2008. R. Burt, [http://216.92.57.242/patentepi/data/epi_02_2008.pdf "Report of the On-line Communications Committee (OCC)"] , "epi Information " 2/2008, p. 59. ]The "epoline" online filing software cannot currently be used for filing oppositions or appeal. This was confirmed by a Board of Appeal decision in T 514/05 of
September 8 2005 , according to which " [a] n appeal filed via epoline cannot have any legal effect absent explicit permission of the President of the EPO." [ European Patent Office, [http://legal.european-patent-office.org/dg3/biblio/t050514eu1.htm Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.3 of September 8, 2005] ] However, the possibility to file opposition and appeal with the epoline software should be available by the end of 2008. In the meantime, electronic filing of any opposition or appeal documents would lead to a loss of rights."WebRegMT" is a monitoring tool for monitoring data from the online
European Patent Register . The tool sendse-mail alerts when a change occurs in the status of a selected patent application or patent. [ European Patent Office web site, "Guide to the "My.epoline" services [http://docs.epoline.org/doc/epoline/myepoline/en/WebRegMT_Help_EN.htm WebRegMT"] , retrieved on August 10, 2006 ]References
ee also
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PaTrAS (DPMA filing software)External links
* [http://my.epoline.org/portal/public Official website]
* [http://www.european-patent-office.org/epo/pubs/oj002/11_02/11_5432.pdf "Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 29 October 2002 on the electronic filing of patent applications and other documents"] as published in the Official Journal 11/2002 of the EPO
* [http://www.european-patent-office.org/epo/pubs/oj003/12_03/12_6093.pdf "Notice from the European Patent Office dated 3 December 2003 concerning the electronic filing of documents within the meaning of Rule 36 EPC"] as published in the Official Journal 12/2003 of the EPO old fact* Axel H. Horns, " [http://www.ipjur.com/data/030504epoline03a1.pdf On Data Formats for the »epoline« System] ", epi Information 2/2003 p. 58 (and [http://216.92.57.242/patentepi/data/epoline03.pdf#search=%22%22On%20data%20formats%20for%20the%20epoline%20system%22%22 full text] : in the epi web site)
* Paul Brewin, [http://www.european-patent-office.org/news/info/2003_07_14_e.htm "Regarding “On Data Formats for the ‘epoline’ System”"] , Information from the European Patent Office, July 14, 2003
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