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After appearing to have fallen off the political agenda, the London Agreement on the reduction of translation costs when European patents are granted is after all to take effect on 1 May 2008.

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With the advent of EPC2000, the new version of the European Patent Convention that came into force in December 2007, the EPO has adopted a more restrictive practice in relation to PCT-derived patent applications that claim more than one invention.

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