I have posted in my wednesday blog about the EPO rule changes regarding the disclosure of prior art details from US applicant wiling to file patent application in europe. On the same line EPO has further announced about the rule change that require all the applicants to submit the information related to prior art from the previous application when they arefiling at EPO. That particular rule is further extended to all the applications and further it requires applicants of particular patent to provide the results of any searches carried out on an application from which an european application claims priority. It also give examiner right to to request that the applicant of particular patent provides total information on prior art taken into consideration in national or regional patent proceedings and concerning an invention to which the European patent application relates. It will be effective from 01 January 2011.
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