INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Extension of European patents to Slovenia
The Slovenian Extension Ordinance1 (Article 5 - Effects of European patents) has been amended: all requests for extension which have not been entered in the Slovenian patent register prior to 28 December 1998 (the entry into force of the amendment) shall be treated according to the new paragraph (4), ie drawings referred to in the claims shall be attached to the translation specified in paragraph (2) or (3) and any text matter in those drawings shall also be translated.
Users of the EPO information brochure "National law relating to the EPC" (10th edition) are asked to make the appropriate amendments to Table XI, column 3.
1 OJ EPO 1994, 75 (80).