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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 II Substantive patent law
Chapter III Effects of the European patent and the European patent application
Article 66 Equivalence of European filing with national filing
Article 66[56]
Equivalence of European filing with national filing 
Art. 80, 87, 88, 135, 137, 140
R. 40, 155
A European patent application which has been accorded a date of filing shall, in the designated Contracting States, be equivalent to a regular national filing, where appropriate with the priority claimed for the European patent application. 
 
[56] See opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 4/98 (Annex I).
References
Art. 80, 87, 88, 135, 137, 140
R. 40, 155