Translation of "Patentanmelder" in English

Moreover, a multilateral solution would also create a level-playing field for all patent applicants.

How can an applicant obtain a European patent with unitary effect?

These translations would be arranged and paid for by the applicants.

Corresponding products are obtainable from the said patent applicants.

The formal search for patents is usually carried out with the patent number or patent applicant or inventor.

Patent applicant and inventor need not be identical.

This confirms that a significant proportion of the EPO's applicants are smaller entities.

Patent applicants can also be categorised according to their filing activity.

In return, the patent applicant must fully disclose his invention to the public.

European companies were leading applicants in eight of the ten most active technology fields.

Furthermore, the most active patent applicants or inventors within certain fields of technology can be determined.

These measures combined will ensure there will be an equal level-playing field for all EU applicants.

The decision of the EPO to refuse the patent application was appealed by the patent applicant.

In principle, the patent applicant is free in the choice of the terminology which he uses in the patent claim.

This concentration process in favour of large patent applicants has become ever more pronounced in recent years.

The dynamic evolution of the electronics sector is also reflected in the list of the largest applicants at the EPO.

The patent applicant must request the validation of his or her European patent in the respective national patent offices.

With around 400 new patents each year Voith belongs to the top 20 patent applicants in Germany.

The language for the proceedings shall be chosen by the proprietor of the patent, provisionally protected patent right, utility model or patent application.

As a complementary measure, certain applicants obtaining European patents with unitary effect, having filed a European patent application in one of the official languages of the Union, which is not an official language of the EPO, and having their residence or principal place of business within a Member State, should receive additional reimbursements of the costs of translating from the language of the patent application into the language of the proceedings of the EPO, beyond what is currently in place at the EPO.

Patent applicants should remain free to obtain either a national patent, a European patent with unitary effect, a European patent taking effect in one or more of the Contracting States to the EPC or a European patent with unitary effect validated in addition in one or more other Contracting States to the EPC which are not among the participating Member States.

All central industrial property offices, including those which do not perform searches in the course of a national patent-granting procedure, can play an essential role under the enhanced partnership, inter alia, by giving advice and support to potential patent applicants, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, by receiving applications, by forwarding applications to the EPO and by disseminating patent information.

Where two or more persons are entered in the European Patent Register as joint applicants, point (a) of paragraph 1 shall apply to the joint applicant indicated first.

In order to facilitate access to European patents with unitary effect, in particular for SMEs, applicants should be able to file their patent applications at the EPO in any official language of the Union.

Under existing Dutch patent law, an applicant wishing to acquire a patent who is not domiciled in the Netherlands must elect domicile in that Member State with a professional proxy while the application is being examined.

If the EPO grants a European patent, the full text of the patent, known as the specification, is published in the official language of the EPO chosen by the applicant as the language of the proceedings.

At this stage, the applicant must also provide a translation of the part of the patent that defines the scope of protection - the claims – into the other two official EPO languages.

For this reason, it is vital that the statutory framework set up is not discriminatory and reflects in a balanced way the interests of both patent applicants and third parties.

The Communication opens the debate on the introduction into EU law of a requirement for patent applicants to reveal where they got their genetic resources from and if they made use of the 'traditional knowledge' of indigenous peoples or local populations.