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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

PART VII - COMMON PROVISIONS

Chapter II - Information to the public or official authorities

Chapter I - Common provisions governing procedure

Article 127 - Register of European Patents

Article 127 91

Register of European Patents

Art. 14, 20, 129
R. 19, 20-22, 61, 92

The European Patent Office shall keep a register, to be known as the Register of European Patents, which shall contain those particulars the registration of which is provided for by this Convention. No entry shall be made in the Register prior to the publication of the European patent application. The Register shall be open to public inspection.

91 See decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/97 (Annex I).

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