On 19 January 2017, the IP5 Industry Consultation Group (ICG) met for the first time at the EPO in Munich to bring feedback into the IP5 co-operation from the perspective of the user community, in particular regarding ongoing work-sharing initiatives and patent harmonisation efforts.
The presentations at the first IP5 ICG meeting included:
- IP5 Industry Consultation Group: remit, objectives and future direction (presented by the EPO)
- IP5 PHEP: unity of invention (presented by the EPO)
- JIPA findings on unity of invention (presented by JIPA)
- IP5 PHEP: citation of prior art (presented by KIPO)
- Access to relevant prior art (presented by the USPTO)
- IP5 PHEP: written descriptio/sufficiency of disclosure (presented by the JPO)
- PCT Collaborative Search & Examination, third pilot programme (presented by the EPO)
- CEPRQM - Procedure Rules Guidance (presented by SIPO)
- IP5 website: increasing transparency and user involvement (presented by the EPO)