Guidelines Unitary Patent
Overview
Unitary Patent Guidelines
1. General
1.1. Preliminary remarks
1.2. Explanatory notes
1.3. Legal framework
1.4. The role of the Unified Patent Court
1.5. The territorial scope of Unitary Patents
1.6. Role of the UPP Division
2. The request for unitary effect
2.1. Eligibility (requirements under Rule 5(2) UPR)
2.2. Requirements
2.3. Filing the request for unitary effect
2.4. Examination of the request for unitary effect
2.5. Registration of the unitary effect
2.6. Rejection of the request for unitary effect
2.7. Withdrawal of the request for unitary effect
3. Fees
3.1. General
3.2. Unitary Patent fees
3.3. Methods of payment and currency
3.4. Due date for the payment of fees
3.5. Reduction of fees
3.6. Refund of fees
3.7. Renewal fees
3.8. Due date for renewal fees
3.9. Early payment of renewal fees
3.10. Additional six-month period for paying renewal fees
3.11. Missing payment after additional six-month period for paying renewal fees
3.12. Lapse of the Unitary Patent due to non-payment of the renewal fee
3.13. Renewal fee falling due after re‑establishment of rights or reopening of proceedings
3.14. Special features relating to renewal fees
4. Compensation scheme
4.1. Eligibility requirements
4.2. Filing of the request for compensation
4.3. Examination of the request for compensation
5. Re‑establishment of rights
5.1. Scope
5.2. Admissibility
5.3. Allowability
5.4. Decision on re‑establishment of rights
6. Interruption and resumption of proceedings, stay of registration proceedings
6.1. Interruption and resumption of proceedings
6.2. Stay of registration proceedings
7. Registration of changes of name and address, transfers, licences and other rights
7.1. General
7.2. Transfer of the Unitary Patent
7.3. Changes of name
7.4. Licences and other rights
7.5. Statement on licences of right
7.6. Licensing commitments
7.7. Changes of inventor data in the UP Register
8. Proceedings before the UPP Division
8.1. Filing requirements
8.2. Representation before the EPO
8.3. Signature of documents
8.4. Languages
8.5. Notification
8.6. Time limits
8.7. Oral proceedings
8.8. Publications and file inspection
8.9. Legal remedies
9. Alphabetical Keyword Index
9.1. A
9.2. B
9.3. C
9.4. D
9.5. E
9.6. F
9.7. G
9.8. I
9.9. J
9.10. L
9.11. M
9.12. N
9.13. O
9.14. P
9.15. R
9.16. S
9.17. T
9.18. U
9.19. V
9.20. W