Ireland
Keltie Limited,
The Academy,
42 Pearse Street,
Dublin 2,
D02 YX88,
Ireland
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Our Dublin office is based in The Academy building on Pearse Street. It’s a three-minute walk from Pearse Railway Station, a seven-minute walk from Merrion Square and a ten-minute walk from the iconic front arch of Trinity College.
The main reception desk is open to visitors from 9am – 6pm Monday to Friday. Appointments can be made outside normal business hours on request.
04.11.2024
T 56/21 – A missed opportunity for providing legal certainty on adapting the description at the EPOIt is typically a requirement at the EPO to amend the description for conformity with the allowable claims before grant of a patent; however, there have been a number of diverging decisions on the matter. The latest decision finds that there is no legal basis for enforcing this requirement, which might suggest that it will no longer be necessary to adapt the description. However, there are other decisions which support the requirement to adapt the description. In view of this, and because the Board of Appeal in this case opted not to involve the highest authority at the EPO in order to clarify the situation, it is unclear as to whether or not the requirement to adapt the description will remain.
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