Section 85: European patent attorneys [Repealed]

Sections (85.01 - 85.02) last updated October 2021.

85.01

This section provided that a person on the European list (ie the list of professional representatives maintained by the EPO under the EPC) could describe themselves as a European patent attorney, and could prepare documents (other than deeds) for use in proceedings before the comptroller under the Act in relation to a European patent or application therefor, without being guilty of an offence under certain enactments.

85.02

Section 85, together with other provisions of the 1977 Act concerning patent agents, has been repealed by the CDP Act and been replaced by Part V of the CDP Act (Patent Agents and Trade Mark Agents), in which s.277 relates particularly to European patent attorneys.