15/05/2023 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission has decided to extend two contribution periods on patents. They concern three proposals for regulations published on 27 April (see EUROPE B13171A1) on standard-essential patents (SEP) and on supplementary protection certificates (SPC) for medicinal and plant protection products. The Commission intends to present the responses to the consultation to the co-legislators as input to the debate in the coming months. Some stakeholders had...