EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION: PART VII - COMMON PROVISIONS, Chapter I - Common provisions governing procedure, Article 118 - Unity of the European patent application or European patent

Article 118 - Unity of the European patent application or European patent

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Table of Contents

Preface

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

Annex I

Annex II

Alphabetical keyword index

EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION- Table of Contents

European Patent Convention

PART VII - COMMON PROVISIONS

Chapter I - Common provisions governing procedure

Chapter II - Information to the public or official authorities

Article 118 - Unity of the European patent application or European patent

Article 118

Unity of the European patent application or European patent

Where the applicants for or proprietors of a European patent are not the same in respect of different designated Contracting States, they shall be regarded as joint applicants or proprietors for the purposes of proceedings before the European Patent Office. The unity of the application or patent in these proceedings shall not be affected; in particular the text of the application or patent shall be uniform for all designated Contracting States unless otherwise provided for in this Convention.

Art. 59, 99
R. 16, 87