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Guidelines Unitary Patent

2. The request for unitary effect

Overview

  • 1. General
  • 2. The request for unitary effect
  • 3. Fees
  • 4. Compensation scheme
  • 5. Re‑establishment of rights
  • 6. Interruption and resumption of proceedings, stay of registration proceedings
  • 7. Registration of changes of name and address, transfers, licences and other rights
  • 8. Proceedings before the UPP Division
  • 9. Alphabetical Keyword Index

    2.2.  Requirements

    2.2.1.  Form and time limit
    2.2.2.  Persons entitled to file a request for unitary effect
    2.2.3.  Mandatory information to be provided in the request for unitary effect
    2.2.4.  Language of the request for unitary effect
    2.2.5.  Persons entitled to sign the request
    2.2.6.  Voluntary indication of a place of business of the original applicant on the date of filing of the European patent application
    2.2.7.  Translation

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