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GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL 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
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
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 - 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
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
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
SUBSTANTIVE PATENT LAW - 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
SUBSTANTIVE PATENT LAW - 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
SUBSTANTIVE PATENT LAW - 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
SUBSTANTIVE PATENT LAW - 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
THE EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION - 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
THE EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION - Priority
Art. 87 - Priority right
Art. 88 - Claiming priority
Art. 89 - Effect of priority right
PROCEDURE UP TO GRANT
Art. 90 - Examination on filing and examination as to formal requirements
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. 97 - Grant or refusal
Art. 98 - Publication of the specification of the European patent
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. 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
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 Appeal
COMMON PROVISIONS - 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
COMMON PROVISIONS - 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
COMMON PROVISIONS - 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
IMPACT ON NATIONAL LAW - Conversion into a national patent application
Art. 135 - Request for conversion
Art. 137 - Formal requirements for conversion
IMPACT ON NATIONAL LAW - Revocation and prior rights
Art. 138 - Revocation of European patents
Art. 139 - Prior rights and rights arising on the same date
IMPACT ON NATIONAL LAW - Miscellaneous effects
Art. 140 - National utility models and utility certificates
Art. 141 - Renewal fees for European patents
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
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
FINAL PROVISIONS
Art. 164 - Implementing Regulations and Protocols
Art. 165 - Signature - Ratification
Art. 166 - Accession
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