INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
8th edition of the "European Patent Convention"
The 8th revised and expanded edition of the "European Patent Convention" will be available shortly. It contains the current texts of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents and its Implementing Regulations, the Act revising Article 63 EPC, the Protocol on Centralisation, the Protocol on Recognition, the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities and the Rules relating to Fees. The 8th edition encompasses all amendments to these texts hitherto decided on by the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation. It encompasses for the first time an index of published decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal. The reference numbers of these decisions/opinions are indicated in footnotes to the articles and rules in question.
Orders should be sent to the European Patent Office using the attached order form.