“Last year, unitary protection… was requested for about 28,000 patents granted by the EPO, representing slightly more than 25% of all EU patents issued in 2024.” On Tuesday, the European Patent Office ...

Ocean Tomo, LLC, the Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc™ firm, announced from IP Business Congress Global (IPBC), the beta release of the Ocean Tomo Ratings™ System for EPO patents. Nine companies, ...

“While EU entities led the collective number of unitary patents registered by the EPO, U.S.-based medical technology company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) led all individual entities.” On June 1, one year ...

The European Patent Office ("EPO") has committed to specific timelines for its new practice of accelerating opposition proceedings. Last year, the EPO announced its new practice of accelerating ...

Counsel’s concern over the quality of patents granted by the EPO shows no sign of letting up following the publication of the office’s annual review. The review, which was released at the end of last ...

HALIFAX, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mara Renewables Corporation, and its manufacturing partner Algal Omega-3 (AO3) announced today that the European Patent Office (EPO), Opposition Division, has ruled ...

Beginning in October 2025, the European Patent Office (EPO) will accept patent drawings in color or grayscale when filed electronically.[1] By allowing more detailed and visually accurate ...

Practitioners from in-house and academia, as well as a judge at the Unified Patent Court, outlined why high-quality patents are so important for legal certainty amid some concern that the EPO is ...

Europe is losing out on its innovation potential by failing to tap into the talent pool of women in science, technology, ...