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2 April 2019Biotechnology

EPO president refers plant patentability decision for appeal

European Patent Office (EPO) president António Campinos will refer a recent decision on the patentability of plants exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes to the office’s Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA).

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24 September 2019   The European Parliament has said that the internal rules of the European Patent Office “must not undermine democratic political control of European patent law”.

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