Literature and useful documents

Literature:

• The European Patent Convention
• Guidelines for examination in the European Patent Office
• National Law relating to the EPC
• How to get a European Patent
• Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office
• Official Journal of the EPO
• Other information available from the European Patent Office
• The European Qualifying Examination Compendium
• Paris Convention
• Patent Corporation Treaty

Optional further material:

• Visser, Derk: The annotated European Patent Convention
• Singer; English edition by Ralph Lunzer: The European Patent Convention
• European Patents Handbook