EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION - Table of Contents Convention on the Grant of European Patents (European Patent Convention) PART III - THE EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION Chapter I - Filing and requirements of the European patent application   Article 77 - Forwarding of European patent applications

Article 7765 Forwarding of European patent applications

Art. 135, 137 R. 35, 37, 45, 112, 134, 155

(1) The central industrial property office of a Contracting State shall forward to the European Patent Office any European patent application filed with it or any other competent authority in that State, in accordance with the Implementing Regulations.

(2) A European patent application the subject of which has been made secret shall not be forwarded to the European Patent Office.

(3) A European patent application not forwarded to the European Patent Office in due time shall be deemed to be withdrawn.

65 Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.