1Simultaneous protection allowed? Art. 139(3) and 140 EPC
If a European patent designating Montenegro and a national patent are granted to the same person or their legal successor with the same filing date or, if the right of priority is requested, the same priority date, the national patent ceases to have effect to the extent that it covers the same invention as the European patent designating Montenegro from the day when the deadline for filing notice of opposition to the European patent expired without any opposition having been filed, or from the day when a final decision was made in opposition proceedings to maintain the European patent.
Art. 150h PL
2Territorial field of application pursuant to Art. 168 EPC
The provisions of the Patent Law relating to European patent applications apply to applications submitted on or after the entry into force of the European Patent Convention and European patents granted on the basis of them.