European Patent Practice Committee

The European Patent Practice Committee (EPPC) considers and discusses all questions pertaining to, or connected with, practice under the European Patent Convention, the Community Unitary Patent Regulation and the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) including any revision thereof, except questions concerning inventions in the field of biotechnology, online communications, documentation and patent information, the litigation of EP and Community applications and patents, and the setting of EPO fees. The EPPC drafts epi position papers for ratification by Council and then submits them to relevant bodies.

This Committee shall include one full member, for each member state, and additional full members belonging to four technological groups as follows.

Technological Groups

• Pharmaceuticals (10 members)
• Information and Communication Technologies (12 members)
• Mechanics: 10 members)
• Chemistry (8 members)

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Working Groups

• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
• Quality
• Patent Documentation and Information (PDI)
• Unitary Patent (UP)
• European Patent Convention (EPC)
• Guidelines
• Members of SACEPO and Boards of Appeal (MSBA)

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Terms of Reference of the EPPC

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Primary contact in the epi Secretariat: Susanne Ullmann

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