The European Patent Convention

Paris Convention A 87

patent applications see European patent application, international patent application, national patent application

patent claims see claims

patent classification see International Patent Classification

Patent Cooperation Treaty see PCT

patent documentation PCen VI

patent proprietor see proprietor of the patent

patent specification see European patent specification

patentability A 52‑57

exceptions A 53; R 28

lack of ~ A 97(2), A 100(a), A 101, A 138(1)(a)

observations by third parties A 115; R 114

patentable inventions A 52

paying officer A 50(c)

payment

date to be considered as the date on which ~ is made RFees 7

incomplete ~ RFees 8

payments

methods RFees 5

particulars concerning ~ RFees 6

PCT

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) A 150‑153;

R 157-165

Pension Scheme Regulations A 33(2)(c); PPI 23(3)

disputes about the ~ A 13

pensions

taxation PPI 16(2)

permanent employees see employees

Service Regulations for ~ A 33(2)(b)

person skilled in the art A 56, A 69, A 83, A 100(b), A 138(1)(b); R 31

petition for review by the Enlarged Board of Appeal A 22, A 112a; R 6, R 51(5)(a), R 104‑110,

R 126(1), R 143(1)(y); RFees 2(1).11a, RFees 14

composition R 109

content of the ~ R 107

criminal acts R 105

examination R 108

fee R 110; RFees 14

fundamental procedural defects A 112a(2); R 104

objection R 106

remedy of deficiencies R 108

plants

patentability R 27

processes for the production of ~ A 53(b); R 26

plant varieties

definition R 26

exceptions to patentability A 53(b)

police regulations see security

post see notification

precedence of provisions A 164; PR 11(1) PCen VII

preliminary examination see international preliminary examination

preservation of acquired rights if a Contracting State ceases to be party to the EPC A 175

President of the EPO A 11, A 12, A 49(4), A 134(5); PPI 13, PPI 16

functions/powers A 5(3), A 10, A 11(3), A 29(2), A 33(4), A 46(1), A 48, A 49(3), A 112(1)(b), A 119,

A 134(6), A 143(2), A 145(1); R 2,

R 9(2), R 11, R 9(2), R 30, R 53, R 54, R 67(1), R 68(2), R 73(2), R 87, R 125(2)(d), R 127, R 126(1), R 129(2), R 134(1), R 143(2), R 144(d), R 145(2), R 152(1); RFees 3(1) (2), RFees 4(2), RFees 5(2), RFees 9(2), RFees 12

immunities PPI 1(2), PPI 13, PPI 19(2)

Presidium of the Boards of Appeal R 12

previous filing see filing

prices

~ laid down by the President RFees 3(2)

principles

generally recognised ~ of procedural law A 125

prior art see state of the art

prior right see rights

prior use

public ~ A 54(2); A 112a(6)

priority A 87‑89

declaration of ~ A 88(1); R 41(2)(g), R 52, R 143(1)(i)

deficiencies in claiming ~ R 59

multiple priorities A 88(2),(3)

period of ~ A 87(1), A 122; R 136

priority date see date of priority

priority documents A 88(1); R 52, R 54, R 163(2)

priority right A 87, A 88(3),(4), A 89, A 90

privileges and immunities see immunities

procedural law A 125

procedure

common provisions A 113‑125

departments of the EPO charged with the ~ A 15

procedure up to grant A 90‑98; R 55-74, R 142

stay of proceedings R 14, R 143(1)(s)

proceedings

between the employee and the employer PR 4, 5

interruption and continuation R 142, R 143(1)(t)

public ~ A 116(3),(4)

resumption R 142, R 143(1)(t)

stay R 14

- see oral proceedings

- see written proceedings

process

as subject‑matter of the EP A 64(2)

products A 53(b) (c), A 54(4),(5), A 64(2)

professional representatives see representatives

programs for computers A 52(2)(c)

property

EP appl. and EP as an object of property A 71ff, A 148; R 22 ff, R 85, R 142

taxes PPI 4(1)

property of the EPOrg A 5(2), A 49(1),(3); PPI 3(2), (3)

proprietor of the patent

death or legal incapacity R 142(1)(b),(c),(3)

entry in the Register of European Patents R 143(1)(f)

information about the opposition R 79(1)

joint proprietors A 118; R 72

~ is not entitled A 99(4); R 14, R 78

protection

extension of ~ A 69, A 123(3), A 138(1)(d)

extent of ~ A 69, A 70(3),(4); A 1, A 2 Protocol on the Interpretation of Article 69 EPC

provisional ~ A 67

rights conferred by an EP A 64(2)

simultaneous ~ A 139(3)

protest R 158(3)

protest fee R 158(3); RFees 2(1).21

Protocols A 164

provisional protection A 67, A 153(2),(5)

provisions governing the application R 41-50

public

information to the ~ and official authorities A 127‑132; R 143-147

information to the ~ in the event of conversion R 156

publication of guidance for the ~ A 10(2)(a)

public prior use see prior use

publications

exchange of ~ A 132

periodical ~ A 129

transmission PPI 8

publishing, fee for R 71, RFees 2(1).7, RFees 2(1).8

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