European Patent Convention

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EPC 1973	EPC 2000
Part X	Part X

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European Patent Convention (EPC 1973)

A revised version of the European Patent Convention entered into force on 13 December 2007. The provisions of the revised Convention apply unless the transitional provisions provide for the applicability of the EPC 1973.

EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION 1973 - Table of Contents

Preface

Implementing Regulations

PART X - INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PURSUANT TO THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY

PART IX - SPECIAL AGREEMENTS

PART XI - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

PART X

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PURSUANT TO THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY

Article 150 - Application of the Patent Cooperation Treaty

Article 151 - The European Patent Office as a receiving Office

Article 152 - Filing and transmittal of the international application

Article 153 - The European Patent Office as a designated Office

Article 154 - The European Patent Office as an International Searching Authority

Article 155 - The European Patent Office as an International Preliminary Examining Authority

Article 156 - The European Patent Office as an elected Office

Article 157 - International search report

Article 158 - Publication of the international application and its supply to the European Patent Office

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