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Chapter I – Filing and requirements of the European patent application

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Article 77 – Forwarding of European patent applications

Article 75 – Filing of a European patent application
Article 76 – European divisional applications
Article 77 – Forwarding of European patent applications
Article 78 – Requirements of a European patent application
Article 79 – Designation of Contracting States
Article 80 – Date of filing
Article 81 – Designation of the inventor
Article 82 – Unity of invention
Article 83 – Disclosure of the invention
Article 84 – Claims
Article 85 – Abstract
Article 86 – Renewal fees for the European patent application

Article 7770
Forwarding of European patent applications

Part III – The European patent application
Chapter I – Filing and requirements of the European patent application

(1) The central industrial property office of a Contracting State shall forward to the European Patent Office any European patent application filed with it or any other competent authority in that State, in accordance with the Implementing Regulations. 

(2) A European patent application the subject of which has been made secret shall not be forwarded to the European Patent Office. 

(3) A European patent application not forwarded to the European Patent Office in due time shall be deemed to be withdrawn. 


70Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.

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