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Location and access

Cirencester gives us a perfect base for clients in the West of England and Wales, being particularly convenient for the Midlands and the West Country. Our people there provide an extension of our London team and remain regular visitors to our London office.

 

Our Cirencester office is just 13 miles from Swindon and Gloucester and within walking distance of Cirencester town centre.

 

It is located off the A429 Bristol Road, with easy access to the M5 and M4, and London is only 75 minutes away by train from the nearby Kemble station.

 

If arriving by taxi, ask the driver for 'Watermoor Point on Watermoor Road'.

 

Security demands that we receive visitors strictly by prior appointment. Appointments can be made outside normal business hours on request.

 

 

MoreT 56/21 – A missed opportunity for providing legal certainty on adapting the description at the EPO

04.11.2024

T 56/21 – A missed opportunity for providing legal certainty on adapting the description at the EPO

It is typically a requirement at the EPO to amend the description for conformity with the allowable claims before grant of a patent; however, there have been a number of diverging decisions on the matter. The latest decision finds that there is no legal basis for enforcing this requirement, which might suggest that it will no longer be necessary to adapt the description. However, there are other decisions which support the requirement to adapt the description. In view of this, and because the Board of Appeal in this case opted not to involve the highest authority at the EPO in order to clarify the situation, it is unclear as to whether or not the requirement to adapt the description will remain.

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