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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12225

30 March 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 29
NEWS BRIEFS / Patents
Member States of European Patent Office concerned about issue of patentability of living organisms

29/03/2019 (Agence Europe)At the 159th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Office (EPO), representatives of the 38 Member States discussed with concern the need to find a short-term solution after the EPO Board of Appeal's decision T 1063/18, according to a statement of 29 March. As a reminder, this decision paves the way for the patenting of pepper seeds obtained by conventional processes, which would be contrary to the EPO Regulation...

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