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The European Patent Convention

 
 
Table of Contents - The European Patent Convention
Convention on the Grant of European Patents (European Patent Convention)
Part XII Final provisions
Article 166 Accession
Article 166
Accession 
Art. 35, 178
(1)
This Convention shall be open to accession by: 
(a)
the States referred to in Article 165, paragraph 1;
(b)
any other European State at the invitation of the Administrative Council. 
(2)
Any State which has been a party to the Convention and has ceased to be so as a result of the application of Article 172, paragraph 4, may again become a party to the Convention by acceding to it.
(3)
Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany. 
References
Art. 35, 178