Generally speaking, the events covered by this profile are those which have a legal effect on the status of the application.
The exceptions to this are the "Intention to grant" communication, which is advance information intended to give interested parties time to prepare an opposition, and the events relating to search report publication, which are also informational in nature.
The following individual events are monitored by this profile, using the descriptions that appear in the Register:
Category |
Description of events monitored |
A publication |
Publication in section I.1 EP Bulletin Change or deletion - publication of A document |
Single publication of search report |
Change - publication of search report Publication of search report Publication of international search report Supplementary search report Change or deletion - publication of search report |
Grant of patent (B1 publication) |
(Expected) grant Change or deletion - publication of B1 document |
Patent maintained in amended form (B2 publication) |
Patent maintained (B2 publication) Change - publication of B2 document Change or deletion - publication of B2 document |
Limitation of patent (B3 publication) |
(Expected) limited patent specification Change or deletion - publication of limited patent specification |
Withdrawal by applicant |
Change - withdrawal Application deemed to be withdrawn Withdrawal of application |
Application deemed to be withdrawn |
Change - application deemed withdrawn Application deemed to be withdrawn |
Refusal of application |
Change - refusal Refusal of application |
Intention to grant a European patent |
New entry: Communication of intention to grant a patent Change: Communication of intention to grant a patent Deletion: Communication of intention to grant a patent |
No notice of opposition filed within time limit |
No opposition filed within time limit Change - no opposition filed |
Filing of notice of opposition |
Change - opposition filed Opposition filed Opposition withdrawn Opposition deemed not to have been filed |
Rejection of opposition |
Opposition rejected Change - rejection of opposition Opposition inadmissible |
Revocation of patent in opposition proceedings |
Revocation of patent Change - revocation of patent |
Revocation of patent by the patent proprietor |
Patent revoked on request of proprietor Change - Patent revoked on request of proprietor |
Closure of opposition proceedings |
Opposition procedure terminated Change - opposition procedure terminated |
Lapse of patent in a contracting state |
Lapse of the patent in a contracting state Change - lapse data for a contracting state |
Licence |
Change - licence |