Article 153 - OJ 2003, 587

Notice dated 10 December 2003 concerning revised Form 1200

- OJ 2003, 587 -

In December 2003 a revised Form 1200¹ (Entry into the European phase) was issued.

The revised form and amended Notes are reproduced below.

Applicants are advised to use the new form in future. They may however continue using the old version (01.02)² without prejudice to their rights.

The footnotes to Sections 10.1 and 10.2 (Designation fees) now include the following new EPC contracting states: Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Estonia³ (accession date: 1 July 2002), Slovenia⁴ (1 December 2002), Hungary⁵ (1 January 2003) and Romania⁶ (1 March 2003). A footnote to Section 11 (Extension of the European patent) points out that now that Slovenia and Romania have acceded to the EPC, extension to these two countries is possible only for international applications filed prior to their accession.