By José Santacroce. Partner and Head of Patent Department.

EPO – Applications refused

The EPO has published on 27 January 2020 its decision setting out the reasons for its recent refusal of two European patent applications in which an Artificial…


28. January 2020

By José Santacroce. Partner and Head of Patent Department.

European patent EP 2771468

European patent EP 2771468 relates to the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology held by the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Massachusetts.

The EPO opposition division had revoked the patent…


24. January 2020

By José Santacroce. Partner and Head of Patent Department.

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

At their annual meeting in Suzhou on 12 November 2019, EPO President António Campinos and the Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), Shen Changyu,…


29. November 2019