EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION:Implementing Regulations: PART VII - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART VII OF THE CONVENTION, Chapter IX - Legal and administrative co-operation, Rule 98 - Inspection of files by or via courts or authorities of the Contracting States

Rule 98 - Inspection of files by or via courts or authorities of the Contracting States

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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

Implementing Regulations

PART VII - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART VII OF THE CONVENTION

PART VI - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART VI OF THE CONVENTION

PART VIII - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART VIII OF THE CONVENTION

Chapter IX - Legal and administrative co-operation

Chapter VIII - Information to the public

Rule 98 - Inspection of files by or via courts or authorities of the Contracting States

Rule 97 - Communications between the European Patent Office and the authorities of the Contracting States

Rule 99 - Procedure for letters rogatory

Rule 98

Inspection of files by or via courts or authorities of the Contracting States

(1) Inspection of the files of European patent applications or of European patents by courts or authorities of the Contracting States shall be of the original documents or of copies thereof; Rule 94 shall not apply.

(2) Courts or Public Prosecutors' Offices of the Contracting States may, in the course of their proceedings, communicate to third parties files or copies thereof transmitted to them by the European Patent Office. Such communications shall be effected in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 128; they shall not incur the payment of the administrative fee.

(3) The European Patent Office shall, at the time of transmission of the files or copies thereof to the courts or Public Prosecutors' Offices of the Contracting States, indicate such restrictions as may, under Article 128, paragraphs 1 and 4, be applicable to the communication to third parties of files concerning a European patent application or a European patent.

Art. 131