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European Patent Convention (EPC 1973) – Table of Contents

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European Patent Convention

PREAMBLE
PART I – GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
PART II – SUBSTANTIVE PATENT LAW
PART III – APPLICATION FOR EUROPEAN PATENTS
PART IV – PROCEDURE UP TO GRANT
PART V – OPPOSITION PROCEDURE
PART VI – APPEALS PROCEDURE
PART VII – COMMON PROVISIONS
PART VIII – IMPACT ON NATIONAL LAW
PART IX – SPECIAL AGREEMENTS
PART X – INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PURSUANT TO THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY
PART XI – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
PART XII – FINAL PROVISIONS

CONVENTION ON THE GRANT OF EUROPEAN PATENTS
(EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION)

A revised version of the European Patent Convention entered into force on 13 December 2007. The provisions of the revised Convention apply unless the transitional provisions provide for the applicability of the EPC 1973.

of 5 October 1973

text as amended by the act revising Article 63 EPC of 17 December 1991
and by decisions of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation
of 21 December 1978, 13 December 1994, 20 October 1995,
5 December 1996, 10 December 1998 and 27 October 2005 and comprising the provisionally applicable provisions of the act revising the EPC of 29 November 2000


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  • EPC 1973EPC 2000
    Art. 16(elmts) R. 10
    Art. 18(1)(elmts) R. 10
    Art. 52(4) Art. 53(c)
    Art. 54(4) -
    Art. 54(5) Art. 54(4)
    Art. 61(1) (elmts) R. 16
    Art. 77 (elmts) R. 37
    Art. 78(2) R. 38
    Art. 79(2), (3) R. 39
    Art. 80 R. 40
    Art. 88(1) (elmts) R. 53
    Art. 91(1), (2), (3) Art. 90(3), (4), (5);
    R. 57
    Art. 91(5) Art. 90(5); R. 60
    Art. 92(2) R. 65
    Art. 93(2) R. 68
    Art. 94(2), (3) R. 70
    Art. 95 -
    Art. 96(1) R. 70
    Art. 96(2), (3) Art. 94(3), (4)
    Art. 99(3) R. 75
    Art. 99(4), (5) Art. 99(3), (4)
    Art. 102(1), (2) Art. 101(2)
    Art. 102(3) Art. 101(3)(a)
    Art. 105 (elmts) R. 89
    Art. 106(2) R. 98
    Art. 106(4), (5) R. 97
    Art. 110(2), (3) R. 100(2), (3)
    Art. 115 (elmts) R. 114
    Art. 117(2) R. 119
    Art. 117(4), (5), (6) R. 120
    Art. 121(2), (3) R. 135
    Art. 122(2), (3), (4), (5) R. 136
    Art. 126 -
    Art. 134(8) Art. 134a
    Art. 135(2) R. 155
    Art. 136(1), (2) (elmts) R. 155
    Art. 136(2) Art. 135(2), (4)
    Art. 151(1) R. 157
    Art. 152 R. 157
    Art. 153(2) R. 159
    Art. 154 Art. 152
    Art. 155 Art. 152
    Art. 156 Art. 153(1)
    Art. 157(1), (2), (3) Art. 153(6), (7)
    Art. 158 Art. 153(3), (4), (5)
    Art. 159 -
    Art. 160 -
    Art. 160(2) Art. 11(5)
    Art. 161 -
    Art. 162 -
    Art. 163(1), (2), (3), (4), (6) Art. 134(3), (4), (7)
    Art. 163(5), (7) -
    Art. 167 -
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