Dear all,
the industry currently criticises the poor quality of patent examination. They formed an initiative that wants to discuss their demands with the EPO.
It is not a new EPO problem, but interesting that they are currently discussing it publicly.
Gabi made me aware of a German article: https://www.rnd.de/wirtschaft/zoff-um-das-europaeische-patentamt-wird-die-pruefung-zunehmend-nachlaessig-67MMZ4KHQJFBTEPYN6IZCU3JYE.html
Here some info in English: https://www.juve-patent.com/legal-commentary/epo-and-ipqc-reach-impasse-in-patent-quality-discussion/
Some interesting ideas in the article, such as
“The IPQC [industry] founders are particularly concerned about the patent office’s continuing efforts to increase the efficiency of its examination processes. As they see it, this is resulting in the EPO becoming an increasingly profit-driven organisation.”
“Furthermore, the fact that some of the EPO’s 39 contracting states rely on the income generated by patent applications is somewhat reinforcing this idea.”
Best,
Johanna
Mag. Johanna ECKHARDT
Project Coordination
Tel. +43 680 21 26 343
johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org
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