EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION - Table of Contents Implementing Regulations to the Convention on the Grant of European Patents PART II - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART II OF THE CONVENTION Chapter I - Procedure where the applicant is not entitled   Rule 18 - Partial transfer of the right to the European patent

Rule 1813 Partial transfer of the right to the European patent

Art. 61, 101, 118, 123 R. 138

(1) If a final decision determines that a third party is entitled to the grant of a European patent in respect of only part of the subject-matter disclosed in the original European patent application, Article 61 and Rules 16 and 17 shall apply to such part.

(2) Where appropriate, the original European patent application shall contain, for the designated Contracting States in which the decision was taken or recognised or must be recognised on the basis of the Protocol on Recognition, claims, a description and drawings which are different from those for the other designated Contracting States.

13 See decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 3/92 (Annex I).