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1. Users discuss expanding use of ViCos in oral proceedings at first-ever online SACEPO meeting

   The EPO's Standing Advisory Committee (SACEPO) earlier this week held its user consultation...

2. The EPO mourns with Italy over lives lost

   Italy will today mourn the lives lost to Covid-19. Throughout the country, flags will be flown at...

3. EPO President Campinos: “Now is the time to make the UPP a reality”

   The EPO strongly welcomes the announcement of the German government to continue its support for...

4. EPO switches off lights to support Earth Hour 2020

   Sustainability is a long-standing priority at the EPO, both from a governance perspective and at...

5. Update on Coronavirus - SUPERSEDED by new continually updated page

   Information for external partners and potential visitors to the EPO

6. Digital technologies take top spot in European patent applications

   According to the EPO Patent Index 2019, the surge in the fields of digital communication (+19.6%)...

7. Celebrating women inventors

   To mark International Women's Day, the EPO looks back at women whose ground-breaking inventions...

8. Open for public consultation: EPC and PCT-EPO Guidelines

   The EPO today launched a public consultation on its Guidelines and invites interested parties to...

9. IP high on the agenda of Croatia’s first EU presidency

   A delegation headed by the EPO President attended an international conference on challenges in...

10. Note of solidarity with the people of Germany

    The management and staff of the European Patent Office express their deepest solidarity with the...