Today, I only would like to mention that on Friday, February 16, 2007, the Second Chamber of the German Parliament ("Bundesrat") has, on its 830th session, given its nod to the ratification of the EPC2000 by the Federal Republic of Germany. Now that matter will be passed to the First Chamber of the German Parliament ("Bundestag") for a final plenary vote. I expect this to happen shortly and without much debate.
As can be seen on the table provided by the EPO, (besides Germany) Belgium, Cyprus, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Portugal, Sweden, and Turkey are still on the list of countries having to do their homework.
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Dipl.-Phys. Axel H Horns is Patentanwalt (German Patent Attorney),
European Patent Attorney as well as European Trade Mark Attorney. In particular, he is Member of: