Article 127 - OJ 2005, 326

Notice from the European Patent Office dated 1 March 2005 concerning Register Plus, the new way of accessing the Online European Patent Register and Online Public File Inspection

- OJ 2005, 326 -

Following the successful official launch of Register Plus on 23 November 2004 (OJ EPO 2005, 49), from 1 July 2005 access to the EPO's Online European Patent Register and Online Public File Inspection services will be exclusively via Register Plus - which is also linked to esp@cenet® and gives access to data from the Open Patent Services (patent family information and INPADOC legal status data).

Like the Online European Patent Register and Online Public File Inspection, Register Plus is a free public service. Unlike them, it may also be accessed using a smart card or a username plus password; these however are not essential.

To access Register Plus, go to http://www.epoline.org.

For more information, contact:

EPO Procedural and Technical Support

European Patent Office

Patentlaan 2

NL-2288 EE Rijswijk

Tel.: (+31-70) 340 4500

Fax: (+31-70) 340 4600

e-mail: support@epo.org

www.epoline.org

Open: Monday to Friday, 08.00 to 18.00 hrs.