European Patent Convention (EPC 1973)

N

national application fee A 137(2)(a)

national basic fee R 106(a), R 107(1)(c), R 108; RFees 2(3c)

national fee A 158(2); R 106

national filing see filing, national patent application

national law

impact on ~ A 135-141

national patent

prior right A 139(2)

national patent application

conversion into a ~ A 135-137; R 103

information concerning ~ A 124

national patent offices of the Contracting States

adaptation to the Eur. pat. system ProCen IV

national utility certificate see utility certificate

national utility model see utility model

natural disaster

dislocation of the proper functioning of the EPOff R 85(4)

Netherlands A 9(2),(4)(b)

new Eur. pat. appl. A 61; R 6(1), R 15, R 37(4), R 42(2), R 92(1)(k); RFees 10

non-prejudicial disclosure see disclosure

notice of appeal

content of the R 64

notification A 119, A 120(a); R 77-82; ProPrIm 1(3)

novelty of an invention A 52(1), A 54, A 94(1), A 97(1), A 100(a), A 101(1), A 102(1), A 138(1)(a); R 44(1)

nucleotide sequences

Eur. pat. appl. concerning ~ R 27a