Hoekstra Book - References to the EPC

References to the EPC

The "References to the EPC" consists of a set of two books.

Main book

The main book includes the full text of the EPC2000 (Articles, Implementing Regulations, and Protocols) and the Rules Relating to Fees, valid from April 2010. It includes the changes in the law entering into force on 1 April 2010. The Articles are listed in sequence, with the Implementing Regulations (Rules) inserted at the appropriate places. Chapters A and E of the Guidelines are fully covered, as well as the main issues of the other chapters. Many short tables are included summarizing procedural acts and fee payments.
For each article and rule, references are given to related material, in particular references are given to:

Articles and rules. Where appropriate, references are given to the individual paragraphs of the articles and rules. The titles of the articles and rules are those used in the EPC. Titles of individual paragraphs have been added to assist in the quick identification a particular paragraph. These titles are also used when referring to the articles/rules or paragraphs.
References to the transitional provisions from EPC 1973 to EPC 2000.
Sections of the April 2010 edition of the "Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office". Such a reference to a section of the Guidelines provides the title and page number of the paragraph of the Guidelines which immediately precedes the referenced section, as given in the table of the Guidelines.
Decisions and Legal Advice published in the "Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention", 2007 edition, and OJ 2007, Special Edition No.3 indicating the number, title and page of the regulation as well as selected decisions published since 2007 up to OJEPO 8/9 2010.
Tables, and columns in those tables, of the "National Law relating to the EPC", 14th edition June 2009
Selected decisions of the Boards of the EPO. A reference is normally given to an individual headnote of a decision, further clarified by a summary.

Annexes

The second book includes seven annexes.

Annex A gives the headnotes of all published decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and decisions of the Boards of Appeal referred to in the Guidelines, published in the OJEPO of 1998 up to and including Issue 8/9 of 2010 and further selected landmark decisions.
Annex B includes selected recently published Ancillary Regulations.
Annex C covers the Protocols of the EPC, Paris Convention, and the Vienna Convention on Treaties.
Annex D contains the transitional provisions from EPC 1973 to EPC 2000, clarified by adding titles to the cited provisions.
Annex E contains a calendar tool.
Annex F contains six detailed concordance tables showing the mapping of articles and rules from EPC1973 to EPC2000 and voice versa
Annex G contains a comprenhensive index to the articles and rules.