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Notice from the European Patent Office dated 27 January 2006 concerning deposit of the fifteenth instrument of ratification of the EPC Revision Act
On 13 December 2005, Greece became the fifteenth state to deposit its instrument of ratification of the Act of 29 November 2000 revising the European Patent Convention (Revision Act).Under Article 8(1) of the Revision Act, the revised European Patent Convention (EPC 2000) will enter into force two years after the fifteenth state has deposited its instrument of ratification or accession, or on the first day of the third month following the deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession by the state taking this step as the last of all the contracting states. The EPC 2000 will therefore enter into force on 13 December 2007 at the latest.
Such states as have not ratified or acceded to the EPC 2000 at the time of its entry into force will cease to be party to the European Patent Organisation as from that time.
For more information see the following Websites:
EPC 2000
and
Results of the diplomatic conference