EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION - Table of Contents Convention on the Grant of European Patents (European Patent Convention) PART IV - PROCEDURE UP TO GRANT Article 93 - Publication of the European patent application

Article 9384, 85 Publication of the European patent application

Art. 14, 16, 54, 67, 69, 88, 92, 98, 115, 127, 128, 153 R. 10, 14, 20, 47, 48, 52, 53, 66-69, 114, 143

(1) The European Patent Office shall publish the European patent application as soon as possible

(a) after the expiry of a period of eighteen months from the date of filing or, if priority has been claimed, from the date of priority, or

(b) at the request of the applicant, before the expiry of that period.

(2) The European patent application shall be published at the same time as the specification of the European patent when the decision to grant the patent becomes effective before the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph 1(a).

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

85 See decision of the President of the EPO, Special edition No. 3, OJ EPO 2007, D.3.
See opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 2/98 (Annex I).