44. What is the relationship between the European Patent Office and the patent offices of the individual countries?
| Date | Source | Title | Summary | Other Categories |
| 12.07.2000 | Nature | Europe's patent office skips debate on biotech rules | Member states of the European Patent Office (EPO), meeting last week, disappointed both researchers and opponents of gene patenting when they declined to clarify European rules for the protection of discoveries in biotechnology. The EPO did, however, agree on steps to increase the efficiency of the European patent system, such as allowing patent applications to be filed in any language. | 19. General Patent and Biotechnology Information, 45. European Patent Standards |