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EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION - Table of Contents

Implementing Regulations to the Convention on the Grant of European Patents

European Patent Convention

Protocol on the Interpretation of Article 69 EPC

PART III - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART III OF THE CONVENTION

PART II - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART II OF THE CONVENTION

PART IV - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART IV OF THE CONVENTION

Chapter II - Provisions governing the application

Chapter I - Filing of the European patent application

Chapter III - Renewal fees

Chapter II

Provisions governing the application

Rule 41 - Request for grant

Rule 42 - Content of the description

Rule 43 - Form and content of claims

Rule 44 - Unity of invention

Rule 45 - Claims incurring fees

Rule 46 - Form of the drawings

Rule 47 - Form and content of the abstract

Rule 48 - Prohibited matter

Rule 49 - General provisions governing the presentation of the application documents

Rule 50 - Documents filed subsequently

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