Information on amendments to the Procedures on Extending the Term of Eurasian Patent

Procedures on Extending the Term of a Eurasian Patent (hereinafter – Procedures), approved by Order №8 of the Eurasian Patent Office (hereinafter- EAPO) on March 5, 2009, with amendments approved by Order №13 of the EAPO on April 8, 2010 and on March 30, 2011, Order №8, and on December 17, 2013, Order №50, were amended as follows

Press-release on working visit of the JPO examiners to the Eurasian Patent Office

In the frame of the Examiner Exchange Program between Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) and Japan Patent Office (JPO) from 2 to 6 December, 2013 the second working visit of the JPO examiners took place at the EAPO headquarters.

Press-release on the results of the XXVII session of the Administrative Council of the Eurasian Patent Organization

On November 6-8, 2013 the XXVII session of the Administrative Council of the Eurasian Patent Organization (AC EAPO) was held at the EAPO headquarters. The session was attended by the plenipotentiary representatives of Republic of Armenia, Republic of Belarus, Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Republic of Turkmenistan, and also by deputy plenipotentiary representatives of Republic of Tajikistan and Kyrgyz Republic, and well as delegates from the Russian Federation.

Press-release on the launch of Russian-English machine translation tool

The ceremony of the official launch of the automatic Russian-English machine translation tool took place on September 26 in Geneva. The Russian-English machine translation tool was developed in trilateral cooperation between EPO, EAPO and Rospatent. The ceremony was attended by the heads of the three participating Offices and their accompanying persons.

Press-release on the meeting of the EAPO President with the Director General of the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam

The EAPO President Alexander Grigoriev and the Director General of the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam Ta Quang Minh met in Geneva in the framework of 51st Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO on September 25, 2013.

Press-release on the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Bilateral Co-operation between EAPO and EPO

On September 24, 2013 a meeting took place between the Presidents of the Eurasian Patent Office Mr. A.N. Grigoriev and the European Patnet Office (EPO) Mr. B. Battistelli, the meeting was held in the framework of the 51st Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO in Geneva (Switzerland).

Press-release of the EPO delegation to the EAPO

On July 7, 2013 European patent office (EPO) delegation consisting of Mr. Carlo Pandolfi, Director of International Co-operation and Ms. Nina Formby, Project Leader for CIS and Mongolia visited the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO).

Press-release on conduction of 2013 spring training session for patent examiners and specialists from the National Patent Offices of the States Party to the Eurasian Patent Convention at the Eurasian Patent Office of the Eurasian Patent Organization

From 20th May to 3rd June, 2013 a cycle of thematic lectures and practical trainings on the topic of “ Examination of Eurasian patent applications and granting of Eurasian patents” was conducted for the specialists from the National Patent Offices of the States Party to the Eurasian Patent Convention at the EAPO headquarters in Moscow.

Press-release on visit of the Eurasian Economic Commission to the EAPO

On April 22, 2013, a delegation from the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) consisting of Ms. Elena Suslina – Director, Dataware Department; Mr. Rafael Martines – Advisor, Department of Information Support and Standardization of Electronic Documents; Ms. Elena Izmailova – Advisor, Department of Protection of Intellectual Property, and Ms. Alexandra Shilova – Analyst, CJSC “Katsit” - visited the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO).

The annual report of the Eurasian patent organization for the year 2012

The annual report of the Eurasian patent organization for the year 2012 is placed in the section "Official publications".

Press-release on visit of the delegation from the State Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova (AGEPI)

On March 19, 2013, a delegation from the State Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova (AGEPI) consisting of Dr. V. Rusanovscki – Director, Division of E- document Management Division, and Mr. V.Duka – Principal Specialist, E- document Management Division visited the Eurasian Patent Office.

Press-release on visit of the delegation from State Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova (AGEPI)

On signing of the Joint Statement of Intent by the EAPO and the JPO and implementation of the PPH Pilot Program

In January 2013 the President of the Eurasian Patent Office Mr.Alexander GRIGORIEV and the Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office Mr.Hiroyuki FUKANO signed the Joint Statement of Intent between Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) and Japan Patent Office (JPO) to cooperate in the field of Patent Prosecution. The document presumes the implementation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program (PPH) between the Offices starting from February 15, 2013.

Commencement of the PPH Pilot Program

Eurasian Patent Office reports that Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program (PPH) between the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) begins on February 15, 2013.

Amendments made to the Procedures for filing Eurasian applications, containing nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences

In “Documents” section – “Normative and Legal Acts” an updated document of Procedures for filing Eurasian applications, containing nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences is published.

Working visit of the Japan Patent Office experts to the EAPO

From January 31 till February 1, 2013 a working visit of the Japan Patent Office experts took place at the EAPO headquarters in Moscow. The visit was arranged in accordance with the agreements achieved earlier between the administrations of the Eurasian patent office (EAPO) and Japan Patent Office (JPO). Current working visit constitutes the first step of the cooperation between EAPO and JPO in the frame of Expert Exchange Program.

New rates of fees for maintenance of patents on the territory of the Azerbaijan Republic

EAPO would like to inform you, that by the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic “On making amendments to the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic on “State Duties "on December 21, 2012 № 511-IVQD, new rates of fees were fixed for the maintenance of the Eurasian patents on the territory of the Azerbaijan Republic and changes were made to the conditions of payment of the annual fees: