European Patent Office
Find information per region
The European Patent Office (EPO) offers inventors a uniform application procedure which enables them to seek patent protection in up to 40 European countries. Supervised by the Administrative Council, the Office is the executive arm of the European Patent Organisation.
Coordination of ECLI in the European Patent Office is carried out by Publication Department.
Postal address
Postfach 90Address
Rennweg 12The country code for the European Patent Office to be used in the second element of the ECLI is: [EP]
Components of the ECLI to identify decisions of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office:
Example:
ECLI:EP:BA:2002:D000300.20020503
EP= European Patent Office
BA= Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office
2002 - year in which the decision was rendered (example)
D000300= D0003/00 (decision case number)
20020503 = 2002.05.03 (date of the decision)
The ECLI is used to uniquely identify decisions of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office.
Search by ECLI is enabled via the EPO Board of Appeal decisions database (see link below)
EPO Board of Appeal decisions database
This page is maintained by the European Commission. The information on this page does not necessarily reflect the official position of the European Commission. The Commission accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to any information or data contained or referred to in this document. Please refer to the legal notice with regard to copyright rules for European pages.