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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 I - GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

Chapter I - General provisions

Chapter II - The European Patent Organisation

Article 2 - European patent

Article 1 - European law for the grant of patents

Article 2

European patent

Art. 63-65, 68, 69, 70, 99-105, 142
R. 61

(1) Patents granted by virtue of this Convention shall be called European patents.

(2) The European patent shall, in each of the Contracting States for which it is granted, have the effect of and be subject to the same conditions as a national patent granted by that State, unless otherwise provided in this Convention.

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