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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 II - SUBSTANTIVE PATENT LAW PART I - GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS PART III - APPLICATION FOR EUROPEAN PATENTS
Chapter II - Persons entitled to apply for and obtain European patents - Mention of the inventor Chapter I - Patentability Chapter III - Effects of the European patent and the European patent application
Article 59 - Multiple applicants Article 58 - Entitlement to file a European patent application Article 60 - Right to a European patent


Article 59

Multiple applicants

Art. 118
R. 26, 52, 100



A European patent application may also be filed either by joint applicants or by two or more applicants designating different Contracting States.


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