Slingsby Partners recommended in the IAM Patent 1000 2023
Slingsby Partners LLP is pleased to announce that we have been recommended in the IAM Patent 1000 2023 for UK patent prosecution. The IAM Patent 1000 2023 has the following to say about the firm:
Slingsby Partners Named as One of Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms
We are delighted to be named one of Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms 2023 by the Financial Times. The list of Europe’s leading firms for services around patent prosecution and patent strategy consultation has just been published. Slingsby Partners is included both in the overall list and as a firm especially recommended in the Electrical Engineering and Physics sector.
EPO to abolish the “10 day rule”
The EPO has decided that the so called “10 day rule” that gives applicants and/or representatives extra time to respond to many official communications is to be dropped as from 1 November 2023.
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G2/21 – Plausibility
The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO have issued a decision, G 2/21, on plausibility. The Enlarged Board of Appeal has confirmed the established practice that post-published evidence may be considered to support a technical effect for inventive step. However, the technical effect must be derived from the application as filed.
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