General Aspects Patents + Core EPC Procedure

In this module participants will obtain knowledge of ‘overall issues’ like the priority concept, patenting routes and systems and inventor-/ownership. After attending this module the participant will be able to file a (priority) application and a European patent application (fax and electronic filing), invoke priority and deal with the most occurring issues for getting a filing date, and dealing with the formalities examination. Participants will have a good insight in time limits, remedies (like further processing) and fee payments and will be able to put the knowledge into practice. The UPC procedure will also be part of this module.
Furthermore the participant will have knowledge of the EPC procedure from search to examination as well as of the validation procedure including translations according to the London Agreement. The participant will also be able to carry out and monitor the main procedural steps during all these phases.

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Start date

Duration

Location

6-10-2025

5 Days

Hybrid training

Course schedule

This hybride course is provisionally scheduled to take place on-site (Aristo, Utrecht) from 9:00 AM to 17:00 PM (CET) on 06 October 2025 and online from 09:00 AM to 12:30 PM (CET) on 04, 06, 25 & 27 November 2026.

Course fee

General Aspects – Core EPC Procedures, on-site & online, price € 1.370
Registration fee € 65
All fees are excluding 21% VAT

Discount

Members of the Dutch and Belgium Platform Formalities Officers receive a reduction of 10%.

When to register?

This course has limited participant slots. To ensure your place, we highly recommend registering as early as possible.

This course includes the shipment of physical materials to the meeting venue, please register at least one week before the course start date, provided that seats are still available. Late registrations may result in delayed delivery of course materials.