EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION - Table of Contents Convention on the Grant of European Patents (European Patent Convention) PART I - GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS Chapter II - The European Patent Organisation Article 7 - Sub-offices of the European Patent Office

Article 77 Sub-offices of the European Patent Office

Art. 35

By decision of the Administrative Council, sub-offices of the European Patent Office may be created, if need be, for the purpose of information and liaison, in the Contracting States and with intergovernmental organisations in the field of industrial property, subject to the approval of the Contracting State or organisation concerned.

7 See decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 5/88, G 7/88, G 8/88 (Annex I).