EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION - Table of Contents Implementing Regulations to the Convention on the Grant of European Patents PART VII - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART VII OF THE CONVENTION Chapter VI - Amendments and corrections Rule 138 - Different claims, description and drawings for different States

Rule 13867 Different claims, description and drawings for different States

Art. 54, 94, 98, 101, 105a, 105b, 118, 123 R. 18, 78, 80

If the European Patent Office is informed of the existence of a prior right under Article 139, paragraph 2, the European patent application or European patent may, for such State or States, contain claims and, where appropriate, a description and drawings which are different from those for the other designated States.

67 See decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/99 (Annex I).