From today, 1 April 2021, it will no longer be necessary to
provide the EPO with the full address of the inventor(s) when
filing a designation of inventor. Rule 19 has been amended such
that only the country and place of residence (city or municipality)
of the inventor are required. Consequently, inventors will no
longer receive notifications from the EPO informing them of their
designation and the details of the relevant application.
Rule 143, which concerns the publication of inventor details,
will follow suit in that the full address(es) of the designated
inventor(s) will no longer be published on the European Patent
Register, alongside the details of the relevant application.
Instead, only the country and place of residence will be made
publicly available. However, unlike the amendments to Rule 19, the
amendments to Rule 143 will not be
effective until 1 November 2021, but, should
an inventor be designated on or after 1 April 2021 and the
application
