INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
15th edition of the European Patent Convention
The 15th edition of the European Patent Convention will appear in October 2013 to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the signing - on Friday, 5 October 1973, in Munich - of the European patent system's founding treaty. This celebratory edition of the European Patent Convention has been fully updated and contains a preface by President Benoît Battistelli.
It contains
- the text of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents (EPC) applicable since 13 December 2007
- the EPC Implementing Regulations, including the amendments which entered into force on 1 April 2013
- the protocols which are integral parts of the EPC (Protocol on the Interpretation of Article 69 EPC, Protocol on Centralisation, Protocol on Recognition, Protocol on Privileges and Immunities, Protocol on the Staff Complement)
- an extract from the EPC Revision Act of 29 November 2000
- the Administrative Council's decision of 28 June 2001 on the transitional provisions under Article 7 of the Revision Act and
- the Rules relating to Fees.
It also contains an index of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal published in the Official Journal of the EPO (Annex I), a cross-reference list to EPC 1973 and EPC 2000 (Annex II) and an alphabetical keyword index.
Orders should be sent to the sub-office in Vienna, which is responsible for supplying EPO publications https://forms.epo.org/service-support/ordering/books-order-form.html.
The price of the celebratory edition is EUR 82 (including postage and packing).