Examination Matters 2022

Course: Examination Matters 2022

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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 10-14 October, Examination Matters 2022 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 2022.
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  Monday, 10 October 2022

  • 09.15 hrs: Opening

    
    

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

    09.30 hrs: Panel discussion - Sustainability, strategy and actions of the European Patent Office 

    
    

    Yann Menière, Chief Economist, EPO
    Wibke Meiser, examiner, EPO
    Pierre Held, administrator, Classification, EPO
    Ioana Cristescu, team manager, EPO
    Johannes Schaaf, Patent Knowledge Promotion, EPO 

    11.00-12.30 hrs: Workshop - Adaptation of the description: operational view

    
    

    Christian Schmelz, EPO 
    Jean-Luc Gal, EPO

    Moderator: Hans-Hermann Giese, examiner 
    

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  Tuesday, 11 October 2022

  • 09.00 hrs: Workshop - Parameters in the field of batteries and fuel cells 

    
    

    Heide Götz, EPO 
    Frank Hintermaier, EPO 
    Eric Wiedemann, EPO

    Moderator: Hans-Hermann Giese, examiner 
    

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    11.00-12.30 hrs: Workshop - Defining materials using product-by-process features

    
    

    Pascal Neibecker, EPO 
    Inga Helgadóttir, EPO 
    Ben Brigou, European patent attorney, epi

    Moderator: Sonsoles Hernanz, examiner
    

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  Wednesday, 12 October 2022

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    11.00-12.30 hrs: Workshop -  Novelty revisited in the light of recent decisions of the boards of appeal

    
    

    Roberto Menchaca, EPO 
    

    Moderator: Els Vadot-Van Geldre, examiner  
    

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  Thursday, 13 October 2022

  • 09.00 hrs: Workshop - Examining AI-based inventions in additive manufacturing using an interdisciplinary approach

    
    

    Nicolas Traon, EPO
    Simon Theissing, EPO

    Moderator: Sonsoles Hernanz, examiner 
    

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    11.00-12.30 hrs: Workshop -  Article 123(2) EPC: case law of the boards of appeal relating to the "gold standard"

    
    

    Rafael Villar Fernández, EPO
    

    Moderator: Els Vadot-Van Geldre, examiner 
    

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  Friday, 14 October 2022

  • 09.00 hrs: Workshop - Inventions based on data processing: meeting the requirements of Articles 56 and 83 EPC

    
    

    Cristina Darolti, examiner, EPO
    

    Moderator: Evangelia Spyropoulou, Director and Chair of the Examination Matters Organising Committee 
    

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    11.00-12.30 hrs: Workshop -  Article 14 EPC – the unlikely hero of the examination procedure

    
    

    Vít Sípal, team manager, EPO
    

    Moderator: Cristina Darolti, examiner
    

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