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The EPO has taken measures to process the backlog in entries on the List of Professional Representatives. As announced on the EPO website, all pending entry requests will be dealt with by calendar week 41 of 2021 (which starts today).

As reported in the latest issue of epi Information, the German Federal President recently signed the ratification law of both the UPC Agreement and the Protocol on Provisional Application ("PPA"), which was published in the Federal Law Gazette on 12 August 2021.

In a communication dated 22 September 2021, the Boards of Appeal have revised their measures for the arrangement and conduct of oral proceedings in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The EPO has this month launched a user survey on its pilot project for oral proceedings by videoconference (VICO) before EPO opposition divisions. The EPO’s notice and a link to the survey can be found here.

An epi update about the progress made since the conference held on 21 June 2021 to discuss the modernisation of the e:EQE and the modular approach presented in the e:EQE discussion paper of May 2021.