Visser's Annotated European Patent Convention 2021 Edition

Name: Visser's Annotated European Patent Convention 2021 Edition | updated till 15.03.2021
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Laurence Lai Derk Visser Peter de Lange Kaisa Suominen(Herausgeber*in)

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Cover
Title Page
Half Title
Copyright
Introduction
Previous editions
Contributors to the 2021 edition
Revision note
Notation
List of Contents
PREAMBLE
PART I GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
Chapter I General Provisions
Art. 1 European law for the grant of patents
Art. 2 European patent
Art. 3 Territorial effect
Art. 4 European Patent Organisation
Art. 4a Conference of ministers of the Contracting States
Chapter II The European Patent Organisation
Art. 5 Legal status
Art. 6 Headquarters
Art. 7 Sub-offices of the European Patent Office
Art. 8 Privileges and immunities
Art. 9 Liability
Chapter III The European Patent Office
Art. 10 Management
Art. 11 Appointment of senior employees
Art. 12 Duties of office
Art. 13 Disputes between the Organisation and the employees of the European Patent Office
Art. 14 Languages of the European Patent Office, European patent applications and other documents
Art. 15 The departments entrusted with the procedure
Art. 16 Receiving Section
Art. 17 Search Divisions
Art. 18 Examining Divisions
Art. 19 Opposition Divisions
Art. 20 Legal Division
Art. 21 Boards of Appeal
Art. 22 Enlarged Board of Appeal
Art. 23 Independence of the members of the Boards
Art. 24 Exclusion and objection
Art. 25 Technical opinion
Chapter IV The Administrative Council
Art. 26 Membership
Art. 27 Chairmanship
Art. 28 Board
Art. 29 Meetings
Art. 30 Attendance of observers
Art. 31 Languages of the Administrative Council
Art. 32 Staff, premises and equipment
Art. 33 Competence of the Administrative Council in certain cases
Art. 34 Voting rights
Art. 35 Voting rules
Art. 36 Weighting of votes
Chapter V Financial Provisions
Art. 37 Budgetary funding
Art. 38 The Organisation's own resources
Art. 39 Payments by the Contracting States in respect of renewal fees for European patents
Art. 40 Level of fees and payments - Special financial contributions
Art. 41 Advances
Art. 42 Budget
Art. 43 Authorisation for expenditure
Art. 44 Appropriations for unforeseeable expenditure
Art. 45 Accounting period
Art. 46 Preparation and adoption of the budget
Art. 47 Provisional budget
Art. 48 Budget implementation
Art. 49 Auditing of accounts
Art. 50 Financial Regulations
Art. 51 Fees
PART II SUBSTANTIVE PATENT LAW
Chapter I Patentability
Art. 52 Patentable inventions
Art. 53 Exceptions to patentability
Art. 54 Novelty
Art. 55 Non-prejudicial disclosures
Art. 56 Inventive step
Art. 57 Industrial application
Chapter II Persons entitled to apply for and obtain a European patent Mention of the inventor
Art. 58 Entitlement to file a European patent application
Art. 59 Multiple applicants
Art. 60 Right to a European patent
Art. 61 European patent applications filed by non-entitled persons
Art. 62 Right of the inventor to be mentioned
Chapter III Effects of the European patent and the European patent application
Art. 63 Term of the European patent
Art. 64 Rights conferred by a European patent
Art. 65 Translation of the European patent
Art. 66 Equivalence of European filing with national filing
Art. 67 Rights conferred by a European patent application after publication
Art. 68 Effect of revocation or limitation of the European patent
Art. 69 Extent of protection
Art. 70 Authentic text of a European patent application or European patent
Chapter IV The European patent application as an object of property
Art. 71 Transfer and constitution of rights
Art. 72 Assignment
Art. 73 Contractual licensing
Art. 74 Law applicable
PART III THE EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Chapter I Filing and requirements of the European patent application
Art. 75 Filing of a European patent application
Art. 76 European divisional applications
Art. 77 Forwarding of European patent applications
Art. 78 Requirements of a European patent application
Art. 79 Designation of Contracting States
Art. 80 Date of filing
Art. 81 Designation of the inventor
Art. 82 Unity of invention
Art. 83 Disclosure of the invention
Art. 84 Claims
Art. 85 Abstract
Art. 86 Renewal fees for the European patent application
Chapter II Priority
Art. 87 Priority right
Art. 88 Claiming priority
Art. 89 Effect of priority right
PART IV PROCEDURE UP TO GRANT
Art. 90 Examination on filing and examination as to formal requirements
Art. 91 (deleted) Art. 92 Drawing up of the European search report
Art. 93 Publication of the European patent application
Art. 94 Examination of the European patent application
Art. 95 (deleted) Art. 96 (deleted) Art. 97 Grant or refusal
Art. 98 Publication of the specification of the European patent
PART V OPPOSITION AND LIMITATION PROCEDURE
Art. 99 Opposition
Art. 100 Grounds for opposition
Art. 101 Examination of the opposition - Revocation or maintenance of the European patent
Art. 102 (deleted) Art. 103 Publication of a new specification of the European patent
Art. 104 Costs
Art. 105 Intervention of the assumed infringer
Art. 105a Request for limitation or revocation
Art. 105b Limitation or revocation of the European patent
Art. 105c Publication of the amended specification of the European patent
PART VI APPEALS PROCEDURE
Art. 106 Decisions subject to appeal
Art. 107 Persons entitled to appeal and to be parties to appeal proceedings
Art. 108 Time limit and form
Art. 109 Interlocutory revision
Art. 110 Examination of appeals
Art. 111 Decision in respect of appeals
Art. 112 Decision or opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Art. 112a Petition for review by the Enlarged Board of
PART VII COMMON PROVISIONS
Chapter I Common provisions governing procedure
Art. 113 Right to be heard and basis of decisions
Art. 114 Examination by the European Patent Office of its own motion
Art. 115 Observations by third parties
Art. 116 Oral proceedings
Art. 117 Means and taking of evidence
Art. 118 Unity of the European patent application or European patent
Art. 119 Notification
Art. 120 Time limits
Art. 121 Further processing of the European patent application
Art. 122 Re-establishment of rights
Art. 123 Amendments
Art. 124 Information on prior art
Art. 125 Reference to general principles
Art. 126 (deleted)
Chapter II Information to the public or to official authorities
Art. 127 European Patent Register
Art. 128 Inspection of files
Art. 129 Periodical publications
Art. 130 Exchange of information
Art. 131 Administrative and legal co-operation
Art. 132 Exchange of publications
Chapter III Representation
Art. 133 General principles of representation
Art. 134 Representation before the European Patent Office
Art. 134a Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
PART VIII IMPACT ON NATIONAL LAW
Chapter I Conversion into a national patent application
Art. 135 Request for conversion
Art. 136 (deleted) Art. 137 Formal requirements for conversion
Chapter II Revocation and prior rights
Art. 138 Revocation of European patents
Art. 139 Prior rights and rights arising on the same date
Chapter III Miscellaneous effects
Art. 140 National utility models and utility certificates
Art. 141 Renewal fees for European patents
PART IX SPECIAL AGREEMENTS
Art. 142 Unitary patents
Art. 143 Special departments of the European Patent Office
Art. 144 Representation before special departments
Art. 145 Select committee of the Administrative Council
Art. 146 Cover for expenditure for carrying out special tasks
Art. 147 Payments in respect of renewal fees for unitary patents
Art. 148 The European patent application as an object of property
Art. 149 Joint designation
Art. 149a Other agreements between the Contracting States
PART X INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY EURO-PCT APPLICATIONS
Art. 150 Application of the Patent Cooperation Treaty
Art. 151 The European Patent Office as a receiving Office
Art. 152 The European Patent Office as an International Searching Authority or International Preliminary Examining Authority
Art. 153 The European Patent Office as designated Office or elected Office
Art. 154 (deleted) Art. 155 (deleted) Art. 156 (deleted) Art. 157 (deleted) Art. 158 (deleted)
PART XI TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS (DELETED)
Art. 164 Implementing regulations and protocols
Art. 165 Signature Ratification
Art. 166 Accession
Art. 167 (deleted)
Art. 168 Territorial field of application
Art. 169 Entry into force
Art. 170 Initial contribution
Art. 171 Duration of the Convention
Art. 172 Revision
Art. 173 Disputes between Contracting States
Art. 174 Denunciation
Art. 175 Preservation of acquired rights
Art. 176 Financial rights and obligations of former Contracting States
Art. 177 Languages of the Convention
Art. 178 Transmission and notifications
PART XII FINAL PROVISIONS
Implementing Regulations to theConvention on the Grant ofEuropean Patents
PART I IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART I OF THE CONVENTION
Chapter I General Provisions
R. 1 Written proceedings
R. 2 Filing of and formal requirements for documents
R. 3 Language in written proceedings
R. 4 Language in oral proceedings
R. 5 Certification of translations
R. 6 Filing of translations and reduction of fees
R. 7 Legal authenticity of the translation of the European patent application
Chapter II Organisation of the European Patent Office
R. 8 Patent classification
R. 9 Administrative structure of the European Patent Office
R. 10 Responsibility of the Receiving Section and the Examining Division
R. 11 Allocation of duties to the departments of first instance
R. 12a Organisation and management of the Boards of Appeal Unit and President of the Boards of Appeal
R. 12b Presidium of the Boards of Appeal and business distribution scheme for the Boards of Appeal
R. 12c Boards of Appeal Committee and procedure for adoption of the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Appeal and of the Enlarge
R. 12d Appointment and re-appointment of the members, including the Chairmen, of the Boards of Appeal and of the Enlarged Board
R. 13 Business distribution scheme for the Enlarged Board of Appeal and adoption of its Rules of Procedure
PART II IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART II OF THE CONVENTION
Chapter I Procedure where the applicant is not entitled
R. 14 Stay of proceedings
R. 15 Limitation on withdrawals
R. 16 Procedure under Article 61, paragraph 1
R. 17 Filing of a new European patent application by the entitled person
R. 18 Partial transfer of the right to the European patent
Chapter II Mention of the inventor
R. 19 Designation of the inventor
R. 20 Publication of the mention of the inventor
R. 21 Rectification of the designation of an inventor
Chapter III Registration of transfers, licences and other rights
R. 22 Registration of transfers
R. 23 Registration of licences and other rights
R. 24 Special entries for licence registrations
Chapter IV Certificate of exhibition
R. 25 Certificate of exhibition
Chapter V Biotechnological inventions
R. 26 General and definitions
R. 27 Patentable biotechnological inventions
R. 28 Exceptions to patentability
R. 29 The human body and its elements
R. 30 Requirements of European patent applications relating to nucleotide and amino acid sequences
R. 31 Deposit of biological material
R. 32 Expert solution
R. 33 Availability of biological material
R. 34 New deposit of biological material
PART III IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART III OF THE CONVENTION
Chapter I Filing of the European patent application
R. 35 General provisions
R. 36 European divisional applications
R. 37 Forwarding of European patent applications
R. 38 Filing fee and search fee
R. 39 Designation fees
R. 40 Date of filing
Chapter II Provisions governing the application
R. 41 Request for grant
R. 42 Content of the description
R. 43 Form and content of claims
R. 44 Unity of invention
R. 45 Claims incurring fees
R. 46 Form of the drawings
R. 47 Form and content of the abstract
R. 48 Prohibited matter
R. 49 General provisions governing the presentation of the application documents
R. 50 Documents filed subsequently
Chapter III Renewal fees
R. 51 Payment of renewal fees
Chapter IV Priority
R. 52 Declaration of priority
R. 53 Priority documents
R. 54 Issuing priority documents
PART IV IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART IV OF THE CONVENTION
Chapter I Examination by the Receiving Section
R. 55 Examination on filing
R. 56 Missing parts of the description or missing drawings
R. 57 Examination as to formal requirements
R. 58 Correction of deficiencies in the application documents
R. 59 Deficiencies in claiming priority
R. 60 Subsequent designation of the inventor
Chapter II European search report
R. 61 Content of the European search report
R. 62 Extended European search report
R. 62a Applications containing a plurality of independent claims
R. 63 Incomplete search
R. 64 European search report where the invention lacks unity
R. 65 Transmittal of the European search report
R. 66 Definitive content of the abstract
Chapter III Publication of the European patent application
R. 67 Technical preparations for publication
R. 68 Form of the publication of European patent applications and European search reports
R. 69 Information about publication
R. 70 Request for examination
R. 70a Response to the extended European search report
Chapter IV Examination by the Examining Division
R. 70b Request for a copy of search results
R. 71 Examination procedure
R. 71a Conclusion of the grant procedure
R. 72 Grant of the European patent to different applicants
Chapter V The European patent specification
R. 73 Content and form of the specification
R. 74 Certificate for a European patent
PART V IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART V OF THE CONVENTION
Chapter I Opposition procedure
R. 75 Surrender or lapse of the patent
R. 76 Form and content of the opposition
R. 77 Rejection of the opposition as inadmissible
R. 78 Procedure where the proprietor of the patent is not entitled
R. 79 Preparation of the examination of the opposition
R. 80 Amendment of the European patent
R. 81 Examination of opposition
R. 82 Maintenance of the European patent in amended form
R. 83 Request for documents
R. 84 Continuation of the opposition proceedings by the European Patent Office of its own motion
R. 85 Transfer of the European patent
R. 86 Documents in opposition proceedings
R. 87 Content and form of the new specification of the European patent
R. 88 Costs
R. 89 Intervention of the assumed infringer
Chapter II Procedure for limitation or revocation
R. 90 Subject of proceedings
R. 91 Responsibility for proceedings
R. 92 Requirements of the request
R. 93 Precedence of opposition proceedings
R. 94 Rejection of the request as inadmissible
R. 95 Decision on the request
R. 96 Content and form of the amended European patent specification
PART VI IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART VI OF THE CONVENTION
Chapter I Appeals procedure
R. 97 Appeal against apportionment and fixing of costs
R. 98 Surrender or lapse of the patent
R. 99 Content of the notice of appeal and the statement of grounds
R. 100 Examination of appeals
R. 101 Rejection of the appeal as inadmissible
R. 102 Form of decision of the Board of Appeal
R. 103 Reimbursement of appeal fees
Chapter II Petitions for review by the Enlarged Board of Appeal
R. 104 Further fundamental procedural defects
R. 105 Criminal acts
R. 106 Obligation to raise objections
R. 107 Contents of the petition for review
R. 108 Examination of the petition
R. 109 Procedure in dealing with petitions for review
R. 110 Reimbursement of the fee for petitions for review
PART VII IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART VII OF THE CONVENTION
Chapter I Decisions and communications of the European Patent Office
R. 111 Form of decisions
R. 112 Noting of loss of rights
R. 113 Signature, name, seal
Chapter II Observations by third parties
R. 114 Observations by third parties
Chapter III Oral proceedings and taking of evidence
R. 115 Summons to oral proceedings
R. 116 Preparation of oral proceedings
R. 117 Decision on taking of evidence
R. 118 Summons to give evidence before the European Patent Office
R. 119 Examination of evidence before the European Patent Office
R. 120 Hearing by a competent national court
R. 121 Commissioning of experts
R. 122 Costs of taking of evidence
R. 123 Conservation of evidence
R. 124 Minutes of oral proceedings and of taking of evidence
Chapter IV Notifications
R. 125 General provisions
R. 126 Notification by postal services
R. 127 Notification by means of electronic communication
R. 128 Notification by delivery by hand
R. 129 Public notification
R. 130 Notification to representatives
Chapter V Time limits
R. 131 Calculation of periods
R. 132 Periods specified by the European Patent Office
R. 133 Late receipt of documents
R. 134 Extension of periods
R. 135 Further processing
R. 136 Re-establishment of rights
Chapter VI Amendments and corrections
R. 137 Amendment of the European patent application
R. 138 Different claims, description and drawings for different States
R. 139 Correction of errors in documents filed with the European Patent Office
R. 140 Correction of errors in decisions
Chapter VII Information on prior art
R. 141 Information on prior art
Chapter VIII Interruption of proceedings
R. 142 Interruption of proceedings
Chapter IX Information to the public
R. 143 Entries in the European Patent Register Implementation of:
R. 144 Parts of the file excluded from inspection
R. 145 Procedures for the inspection of files
R. 146 Communication of information contained in the files
R. 147 Constitution, maintenance and preservation of files
Chapter X Legal and administrative co-operation
R. 148 Communications between the European Patent Office and the authorities of the Contracting States
R. 149 Inspection of files by or via courts or authorities of the Contracting States
R. 150 Procedure for letters rogatory
Chapter XI Representation
R. 151 Appointment of a common representative
R. 152 Authorisations
R. 153 Attorney-client evidentiary privilege
R. 154 Amendment of the list of professional representatives
PART VIII IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART VIII OF THE CONVENTION
R. 155 Filing and transmission of the request for conversion
R. 156 Information to the public in the event of conversion
PART IX IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART X OF THE CONVENTION
Chapter I Jurisdiction
Art. 1
Art. 2
Art. 3
Art. 4
Art. 5
Art. 6
Art. 7
Art. 8
Chapter II Recognition
Art. 9
Art. 10
Art. 11
Rfees 1 General
Rfees 2 Fees provided for in the Convention and in the Implementing Regulations
Rfees 3 Fees, expenses and prices laid down by the President of the Office
Rfees 4 Due date for fees
Rfees 5 Payment of fees
Rfees 6 Particulars concerning payments
Rfees 7 Date to be considered as the date on which payment is made
Rfees 8 Insufficiency of the amount paid
Rfees 9 Refund of search fees
Rfees 10 Refund of the fee for a technical opinion
Rfees 11 Refund of examination fee
Rfees 12 Refund of insignificant amounts
Rfees 13 Termination of financial obligations
Rfees 14 Reduction of fees
Rfees 15 Entry into force
R. 157 The European Patent Office as a receiving Office
R. 158 The European Patent Office as an International Searching Authority or International Preliminary Examining Authority
R. 159 The European Patent Office as a designated or elected Office - Requirements for entry into the European phase
R. 160 Consequences of non-fulfilment of certain requirements
R. 161 Amendment of the application
R. 162 Claims incurring fees
R. 163 Examination of certain formal requirements by the European Patent Office
R. 164 Unity of invention and further searches
R. 165 The Euro-PCT application as conflicting application under Article 54, paragraph 3
Protocol on the Interpretation ofArticle 69
Art. 1 General principles
Art. 2 Equivalents
Protocol on Jurisdiction and theRecognition of Decisions in respectof the Right to the Grant of aEuropean Patent
Rules relating to Fees
Cross-reference index
Case Law Table
Index to the AEPC
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