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A smarter path to innovation: Latin America’s new wave of patent reforms
04 Feb 2026 14:59 GMT
… at modernising national patent systems, reducing prosecution … patent system. Through recent agreements, Costa Rica allows patents granted by the EPO … – allows validation of EPO patents at the national level … , including modernising patent criteria and improving …
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EPO and European Council presidents align on future of European innovation
04 Feb 2026 06:39 GMT
Today, European Patent Office (EPO) President António Campinos met … need true pan-European patent protection to vitalise innovation … competitiveness through the Unitary Patent
A key focus of the … and patent data to track technology trends, the EPO provides …
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Comment: Is your European patent strategy future-proof?
02 Feb 2026 12:04 GMT
… consider using European divisional patent applications to cover … to the European Patent Office (EPO) for a European patent is often the … is to validate European patents in the UK and … this reason, when preparing patent applications, innovators should consider …
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European Patent Office ruling ‘clear win’ for Moderna, says Citi
20 Jan 2026 00:24 GMT
Citi says the European Patent Office Board of Appeal invalidated a …
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EPO President comments on referral G 1/25 concerning adaptation of description
30 Jan 2026 15:42 GMT
… ”) concerns whether applicants and patent proprietors are obliged to adapt … quality of European patents.
During the patent grant procedure claims … description when necessary. The EPO follows this case law in … be complied with before a patent can be granted. In …
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EPO strengthens user engagement in 2025
29 Jan 2026 19:13 GMT
… Quality Action Plan 2025, the European Patent Office (EPO) has broadened the scope of … innovation ecosystem and the global patenting landscape.
Deepening mutual understanding on … without patents is not a reliable business model.”
The Unitary Patent was …
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AB Science receives notice of allowance for US patent covering masitinib in the treatment of metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer
29 Jan 2026 17:00 GMT
… announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO … intends to grant the patent application after completing certain … confirms that the patent application meets all patentability requirements. This … /06/mCRPC-Patent-EPO-vENG-VF.pdf [2] …
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Why food chemistry patents face higher legal scrutiny at the EPO
23 Jan 2026 17:35 GMT
… of patents to drive innovation. The EPO’s Patent Index … challenge a problematic patent belonging to a competitor … think beyond the initial patent filing, anticipating possible … observations against patent applications;
Careful drafting of patent applications …
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EPO publishes the European Patent Academy’s 2026 training catalogue
23 Jan 2026 14:27 GMT
… a diverse audience, including patent professionals, judges, businesses … four key areas: patent granting, patent information and tools, … on patent valuation, initiatives linked to forthcoming EPO Observatory … and multiple workshops on patentability, as well as …
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Madras High Court adopts EPO approach in overturning refusal of data-lineage invention
21 Jan 2026 13:34 GMT
… Patents & Designs, the Madras High Court revisited the Indian Patent … more closely with the EPO’s treatment of technical … grounding its analysis in EPO-aligned principles and drawing … judgment underscores that the patentability of CRIs turns on …