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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 II - SUBSTANTIVE PATENT LAW

PART I - GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

PART III - APPLICATION FOR EUROPEAN PATENTS

Chapter III - Effects of the European patent and the European patent application

Chapter II - Persons entitled to apply for and obtain European patents - Mention of the inventor

Chapter IV - The European patent application as an object of property

Article 68 - Effect of revocation of the European patent

Article 67 - Rights conferred by a European patent application after publication

Article 68 42

Effect of revocation of the European patent

Art. 2, 102

The European patent application and the resulting patent shall be deemed not to have had, as from the outset, the effects specified in Articles 64 and 67, to the extent that the patent has been revoked in opposition proceedings.

42 See Legal advice No. 11/82 (Annex II).

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