1Simultaneous protection allowed? Art. 139(3) and 140 EPC
No
In the case of an invention disclosed in both a national patent and a European patent designating the Republic of Serbia - both patents having the same date of filing or, when priority is claimed, the same date of priority, and belonging to the same person or his successor in title - the national patent ceases to have effect from the date on which
(a) the period for filing the notice of opposition to the European patent expires without such notice being filed, or
(b) the opposition proceedings are finally closed, the European patent having been maintained.
Art. 152 PL
2Territorial field of application pursuant to Art. 168 EPC