EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION: PART I - GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

PART I - GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

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Table of Contents

European Patent Convention

Implementing Regulations

Protocol on Recognition

Protocol on Centralisation

Protocol on Privileges and Immunities

Protocol on the Staff Complement

Rules Relating to Fees

Alphabetical keyword index

Chapter I - General provisions

Article 1 - European law for the grant of patents

Article 2 - European patent

Article 3 - Territorial effect

Article 4 - European Patent Organisation

Chapter II - The European Patent Organisation

Article 5 - Legal status

Article 6 - Seat

Article 7 - Sub-offices of the European Patent Office

Article 8 - Privileges and immunities

Article 9 - Liability

Chapter III - The European Patent Office

Article 10 - Direction

Article 11 - Appointment of senior employees

Article 12 - Duties of office

Article 13 - Disputes between the Organisation and the employees of the European Patent Office

Article 14 - Languages of the European Patent Office

Article 15 - The departments charged with the procedure

[Article 16 - Receiving Section

Article 16 - Receiving Section

[Article 17 - Search Divisions

Article 17 - Search Divisions

[Article 18 - Examining Divisions

Article 18 - Examining Divisions

Article 19 - Opposition Divisions

Article 20 - Legal Division

Article 21 - Boards of Appeal

Article 22 - Enlarged Board of Appeal

Article 23 - Independence of the members of the Boards

Article 24 - Exclusion and objection

Article 25 - Technical opinion

Chapter IV - The Administrative Council

Article 26 - Membership

Article 27 - Chairmanship

Article 28 - Board

Article 29 - Meetings

Article 30 - Attendance of observers

Article 31 - Languages of the Administrative Council

Article 32 - Staff, premises and equipment

Article 33 - Competence of the Administrative Council in certain cases

Article 34 - Voting rights

Article 35 - Voting rules

Article 36 - Weighting of votes

Chapter V - Financial provisions

[Article 37 - Cover for expenditure

Article 37 - Budgetary funding

[Article 38 - The Organisation's own resources

Article 38 - The Organisation's own resources

Article 39 - Payments by the Contracting States in respect of renewal fees for European patents

Article 40 - Level of fees and payments - Special financial contributions

Article 41 - Advances

[Article 42 - Budget

Article 42 - Budget

Article 43 - Authorisation for expenditure

Article 44 - Appropriations for unforeseeable expenditure

Article 45 - Accounting period

Article 46 - Preparation and adoption of the budget

Article 47 - Provisional budget

Article 48 - Budget implementation

Article 49 - Auditing of accounts

[Article 50 - Financial Regulations

Article 50 - Financial Regulations

Article 51 - Rules relating to Fees