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epoline® - the way to monitor state-of-the-art technology

The European Patent Office has announced the outcome of the first epoline® and esp@cenet® workshops on prior-art search which took place at the University of Oxford in October 2005, giving students and young researchers a valuable insight into the use of online search tools to determine the state of the art in their particular field.

This pilot project introduced the students to epoline® Register Plus and WebRegMT by way of a presentation and live demonstrations, and familiarised them with basic search and monitoring options. epoline® Register Plus gives access to bibliographic, procedural and legal status data on European patent applications. It also enables users to view the original published patent files online. epoline® WebRegMT is the EPO's free Web Register Monitoring Tool. It can be used to monitor European Patent Register data and, if required, to receive e-mail alerts on any new developments in the European patent grant procedure for up to 250 cases. The final, hands-on part of the workshops gave students the opportunity to try out the electronic services themselves and learn how to retrieve the desired documents quickly and easily. To follow-up on the workshops, the participants were also introduced to Register Plus e-learning, available at http://www.epoline.org(opens in new window) under "Tutorials". The feedback given at the end of these workshops has encouraged epoline® to look at extending the pilot to a larger project in European universities next year. For further information: Alex Surmann - epoline® Brand Manager EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE Patentlaan 2 - 2280HV Rijswijk (ZH) - Netherlands email: asurmann@epo.org Tel: +31 (0)70 340 47 72 /Mob: +31 (0)6 42 72 51 09/Fax: +31 (0)70 340 42 37 epoline® events - The European Patent Office epoline® Annual Conference 2005 Date: 23 -24 November 2005 Venue: Athenaeum InterContinental Athens; 89-93 Syngrou Avenue; 117 45 Athens, Greece Registration for journalists: http://www.isc-europe.com/workshop_03.php(opens in new window)

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