Part V – Implementing Regulations to Part V of the Convention
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Chapter I – Opposition procedure
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Chapter I
Opposition procedure
16th edition: this version presents the text in force on 1 July 2020.
Rule 75 – Surrender or lapse of the patent
Rule 76 – Form and content of the opposition
Rule 77 – Rejection of the opposition as inadmissible
Rule 78 – Procedure where the proprietor of the patent is not entitled
Rule 79 – Preparation of the examination of the opposition
Rule 80 – Amendment of the European patent
Rule 81 – Examination of opposition
Rule 82 – Maintenance of the European patent in amended form
Rule 83 – Request for documents
Rule 84 – Continuation of the opposition proceedings by the European Patent Office of its own motion
Rule 85 – Transfer of the European patent
Rule 86 – Documents in opposition proceedings
Rule 87 – Content and form of the new specification of the European patent
Rule 88 – Costs
Rule 89 – Intervention of the assumed infringer
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EPC
EPC 1973
R. 75
Art. 99(3)
R. 76
R. 55
R. 77
R. 56
R. 78
R. 13(4)
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R. 16(3)
R. 79
R. 57
R. 80
R. 57a
R. 81
R. 58(1)
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(2)
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(3)
R. 82
R. 58(4)
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(5)
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(6)
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(7)
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(8)
R. 83
R. 59
R. 84
R. 60
R. 85
R. 61
R. 86
R. 61a
R. 87
R. 62
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R. 62a
R. 88
R. 63
R. 89
Art. 105