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Right to priority in European Patent Applications - EPO decides there is a rebuttable presumption of validity

Friday, 20 October 2023

Katherine Ellis

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The Enlarged Board of Appeal at the European Patent Office (EPO) has now issued its written decision in consolidated cases G1/22 and G2/22. The Enlarged Board of Appeal concludes that the EPO is competent to assess priority entitlement and that there is a rebuttable presumption that an applicant claiming priority in accordance with the formal requi...

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