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States with an extension (E) or validation (V) agreement with the European Patent Office (EPO), with respective date of entry into force Date States 1 December 2004 Bosnia and Herzegovina (E) 1 March 2015 Morocco [18] (V) 1 November 2015 Moldova [19] (V) 1 December 2017 Tunisia [20] (V) 1 March 2018 Cambodia [21] (V) 15 January 2024 Georgia [22 ...
The European Patent Organisation (sometimes abbreviated EPOrg [1] in order to distinguish it from the European Patent Office, one of the two organs of the organisation [2]) is a public international organisation created in 1977 by its contracting states to grant patents in Europe under the European Patent Convention (EPC) of 1973.
For some states in Eastern Europe, the Eurasian Patent Convention applies. Patents having effect in most European states may be obtained either nationally, via national patent offices, or via a centralised patent prosecution process at the European Patent Office (EPO). The EPO is a public international organisation established by the European ...
European patents are granted in accordance with the provisions of the European Patent Convention (EPC), [49] via a unified procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO). ). While upon filing of a European patent application, all 39 Contracting States are automatically designated, a European patent becomes a bundle of "national" European patents upon gr
The grant procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO) is an ex parte, administrative procedure, which includes the filing of a European patent application, [1] the examination of formalities, [2] the establishment of a search report, [3] the publication of the application, [4] its substantive examination, [5] and the grant of a patent, [6 ...
Moldova is a former member state of the Eurasian Patent Organization. On 26 October 2011, Moldova denounced the Eurasian Patent Convention, meaning that, since 26 April 2012, it is no longer party to the Convention. [3]
The European Patent Office (EPO) [notes 1] is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg), the other being the Administrative Council. [4] The EPO acts as executive body for the organisation [5] [6] while the Administrative Council acts as its supervisory body [5] as well as, to a limited extent, its legislative body.
The European patent system offers the home of the world patent system. Venice in 1474 [1] and the British Monopoly Law in 1623, [2] contributed to the earliest patent system. . The development of the European patent system stands for the pioneer and epitome of the evolution of the international patent system; it is the ultimate goal to establish a globalized unified (single) patent syst