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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

IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO THE CONVENTION ON THE GRANT OF EUROPEAN PATENTS

PART II - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART II OF THE CONVENTION

PART I - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART I OF THE CONVENTION

PART III - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART III OF THE CONVENTION

Chapter II - Mention of the inventor

Chapter I - Procedure where the applicant or proprietor is not entitled

Chapter III - Registering transfers, licences and other rights

Rule 18 - Publication of the mention of the inventor

Rule 19 - Rectification of the designation of an inventor

Rule 18 20

Publication of the mention of the inventor

Art. 62, 81, 93, 98, 103
R. 93

(1) The person designated as the inventor shall be mentioned as such in the published European patent application and the European patent specification, unless the said person informs the European Patent Office in writing that he waives his right to be thus mentioned.

(2) In the event of a third party filing with the European Patent Office a final decision whereby the applicant for or proprietor of a patent is required to designate him as the inventor, the provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply.

20 Last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of 13.10.1999 which entered into force on 01.03.2000 (OJ EPO 1999, 660 ff).

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