Examination Matters 2021

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• About the event

  Examination Matters has become the go-to event for patent attorneys interested in finding out more about the patent granting procedure at the EPO, and in particular the way examiners think and what their day-to-day work looks like.

  Held on 6-10 December, Examination Matters 2021 featured advanced-level presentations by experienced examiners, lawyers and patent attorneys, as well as a panel discussion on harmonising practices in applications relating to computer-implemented inventions.

  In the sections below, you can: 

  • watch the recordings of the plenary panel discussion and workshops
  • access and download the presentations of the event  

  Click here to see the programme for Examination Matters 2021.

• Monday, 6 December 2021

  • 09.15 hrs: Opening

    
    

    Stephen Rowan, Vice-President Patent Granting Process, EPO
    Francis Leyder, President, epi

    09.30 hrs: Panel discussion - Harmonising practices in CII applications 

    
    

    Moderator: 
    Régis Quélavoine, Director, Operations, Mobility & Mechatronics, EPO

    Panellists:
    Bastian Best, European patent attorney, epi 
    Igor Dydenko, team manager, Healthcare, Biotechnology and Chemistry, EPO
    Yasemin Türkeli, administrator, Procedural support Examination, EPO

    11.00-12.30 hrs: Workshop - Auxiliary requests from the division's perspective

    
    

    Frédéric Cavallo, examiner and administrator, EPO 
    Alexandre Bitton, team manager, EPO

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• Tuesday, 7 December 2021

  • 09.00 hrs: Workshop - How to successfully communicate with the examining division

    
    

    Harald Schmidt-Yodlee, senior expert, EPO
    Stephan Tatzel, European patent attorney, epi

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    11.00-12.30 hrs: Workshop - How to overcome clarity issues efficiently

    
    

    Ricardo Oltra-García, team manager, EPO 
    Kris Loveniers, team manager, EPO

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• Wednesday, 8 December 2021

  • 09.00 hrs: Workshop - Double patenting

    
    

    Gershom Sleightholme, senior expert, EPO
    Jürgen Scheuer, examiner, EPO

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    11.00-12.30 hrs: Workshop -  Is it (really) too late?

    
    

    Roberto Menchaca, examiner, EPO 
    Sébastien Debesset, examiner, EPO

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• Thursday, 9 December 2021

  • 09.00 hrs: Workshop - Efficient application drafting in the light of Rule 42(1)(c) EPC

    
    

    Christoph Weiss-Schaber, examiner, EPO
    Luca Signorini, examiner, EPO

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    11.00-12.30 hrs: Workshop -  Correction of errors in proceedings before the EPO

    
    

    Jaime Jiménez, lawyer, Patent Law, EPO
    Katarzyna Walert, lawyer, Patent Law, EPO  

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• Friday, 10 December 2021

  • 09.00 hrs: Workshop - Hindsight and other dangers when assessing inventive step

    
    

    Katja Eberle, examiner, EPO
    Jean-Michel Wulveryck, senior expert, EPO  

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    11.00-12.30 hrs: Workshop -  Preparing a Rule 71(3) communication – behind the scenes

    
    

    Martijn Lantsheer, examiner, EPO
    Franz Friedrich, team manager, EPO 

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