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Chapter I – Appeals procedure

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Rule 98
Surrender or lapse of the patent

16th edition: this version presents the text in force on 1 July 2020.

The decision of an Opposition Division may be appealed even if the European patent has been surrendered in all the designated Contracting States or has lapsed in all those States.

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    R. 98Art. 106(2)
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