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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
CONVENTION Preface Implementing Regulations
PART V - OPPOSITION PROCEDURE PART IV - PROCEDURE UP TO GRANT PART VI - APPEALS PROCEDURE
Article 103 - Publication of a new specification of the European patent Article 102 - Revocation or maintenance of the European patent Article 104 - Costs


Article 103

Publication of a new specification of the European patent

Art. 14
R. 18, 19, 38, 62, 62a, 87



If a European patent is amended under Article 102, paragraph 3, the European Patent Office shall, at the same time as it publishes the mention of the opposition decision, publish a new specification of the European patent containing the description, the claims and any drawings, in the amended form.



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