Rule 1
Subject matter

(1)The participating Member States hereby entrust the European Patent Office with the tasks referred to in Article 9, paragraph 1, Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012. In carrying out these tasks, the European Patent Office shall apply the present Rules and shall be bound by decisions handed down by the Unified Patent Court in actions brought under Article 32, paragraph 1(i), Agreement on a Unified Patent Court.²

(2)In case of conflict between the provisions of the present Rules and Union law, including Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012³ and Regulation (EU) No 1260/2012,⁴ the provisions of Union law shall prevail.