INHOUD Voorwoord / 5 Verdrag inzake de verlening van Europese octrooien (Europees Octrooiverdrag) [Vertaling] (bijlage 'Uitvoeringsreglement' niet opgenomen) / 13 Inleiding / 13 Eerste deel Algemene en institutionele bepalingen / 27 Hoofdstuk I Algemene bepalingen / 27 Hoofdstuk II De Europese Octrooiorganisatie / 40 Hoofdstuk III Het Europees Octrooibureau / 48 Hoofdstuk IV Raad van Bestuur / 96 Hoofdstuk V Financiële bepalingen / 109 Tweede deel Octrooirecht / 124 Hoofdstuk I Octrooieerbaarheid / 124 Hoofdstuk II Personen die gerechtigd zijn een Europees octrooi aan te vragen en te verkrijgen vermelding van de uitvinder / 161 Hoofdstuk III Rechtsgevolgen van het Europees octrooi en van de Europese octrooiaanvrage / 169 Hoofdstuk IV De Europese octrooiaanvrage als deel van het vermogen / 197 Derde deel De Europese octrooiaanvrage / 200 Hoofdstuk I Indiening van de Europese octrooiaanvrage en voorwaarden waaraan deze moet voldoen / 200 Hoofdstuk II Voorrang / 223 Vierde deel Procedure tot aan de verlening / 233 Vijfde deel Oppositie- en beperkingsprocedure / 254 Zesde deel Beroepsprocedure / 288 Zevende deel Gemeenschappelijke bepalingen / 314 Hoofdstuk I Algemene bepalingen betreffende de procedure / 314 Hoofdstuk II Voorlichting van het publiek en de officiële instanties / 354 Hoofdstuk III Vertegenwoordiging / 364 Achtste deel Gevolgen voor het nationale recht / 379 Hoofdstuk I Omzetting in een nationale octrooiaanvrage / 379 Hoofdstuk II Nietigheid en oudere rechten / 385 Hoofdstuk III Andere rechtsgevolgen ten aanzien van het nationale recht / 402 Negende deel Bijzondere overeenkomsten / 404 7
Tiende deel Internationale aanvragen uit hoofde van het Verdrag tot samenwerking inzake octrooien Euro-PCT-aanvragen / 415 Elfde deel / 434 Twaalfde deel Slotbepalingen / 435 Afdeling I Bevoegdheid / 461 Afdeling II Erkenning / 463 Afdeling I / 480 Afdeling II / 482 Afdeling III / 483 Afdeling IV / 484 Afdeling V / 485 Afdeling VI / 486 Afdeling VII / 486 Afdeling VIII / 487 Convention on the Grant of European Patents (European Patent Convention) / 511 Part I General and institutional provisions / 511 Chapter I General provisions / 511 Chapter II The European Patent Organisation / 512 Chapter III The European Patent Office / 513 Chapter IV The administrative council / 519 Chapter V Financial provisions / 522 Part II Substantive patent law / 526 Chapter I Patentability / 526 Chapter II Persons entitled to apply for and obtain European patents mention of the inventor / 528 Chapter III Effects of the European patent and the European patent application / 529 Chapter IV The European patent application as an object of property / 532 Part III The European patent application / 532 Chapter I Filing and requirements of the European patent application / 532 Chapter II Priority / 535 Part IV Procedure up to grant / 536 Part V Opposition and limitation procedure / 538 Part VI Appeals procedure / 540 Part VII Common provisions / 543 Chapter I Common provisions governing procedure / 543 Chapter II Information to the public or official authorities / 546 Chapter III Representation / 548 Part VIII Impact on national law / 550 Chapter I Conversion into a national patent application / 550 Chapter II Revocation and prior rights / 551 8
Chapter III Miscellaneous effects / 552 Part IX Special agreements / 552 Part X International applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty - Euro-PCT applications / 554 Part XI Transitional provisions / 556 Part XII Final provisions / 556 Section I Jurisdiction / 560 Section II Recognition / 561 Section I / 569 Section II / 570 Section III / 571 Section IV / 571 Section V / 573 Section VI / 573 Section VII / 573 Section VIII / 574 Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention / 575 Part I Implementing Regulations to part I of the Convention / 575 Chapter I General provisions / 575 Chapter II Organisation of the European Patent Office / 577 Section 1 General matters / 577 Section 2 Organisation of the Boards of Appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal / 578 Part II Implementing Regulations to part II of the Convention / 580 Chapter I Procedure where the applicant is not entitled / 580 Chapter II Mention of the inventor / 581 Chapter III Registration of transfers, licences and other rights / 582 Chapter IV Certificate of exhibition / 583 Chapter V Biotechnological inventions / 583 Part III Implementing Regulations to part III of the Convention / 588 Chapter I Filing of the European patent application / 588 Chapter II Provisions governing the application / 590 Chapter III Renewal fees / 597 Chapter IV Priority / 598 Part IV Implementing Regulations to part IV of the Convention / 599 Chapter I Examination by the Receiving Section / 599 Chapter II European search report / 601 Chapter III Publication of the European patent application / 603 Chapter IV Examination by the Examining Division / 605 Chapter V The European patent specification / 607 Part V Implementing Regulations to part V of the Convention / 607 Chapter I Opposition procedure / 607 Chapter II Procedure for limitation or revocation / 611 9
Part VI Implementing Regulations to part VI of the Convention / 613 Chapter I Appeals procedure / 613 Chapter II Petitions for review by the Enlarged Board of Appeal / 615 Part VII Implementing Regulations to part VII of the Convention / 616 Chapter I Decisions and communications of the European Patent Office / 616 Chapter II Observations by third parties / 617 Chapter III Oral proceedings and taking of evidence / 617 Chapter IV Notifications / 620 Chapter V Time limits / 622 Chapter VI Amendments and corrections / 625 Chapter VII Information on prior art / 626 Chapter VIII Interruption of proceedings / 626 Chapter IX Information to the public / 627 Chapter X Legal and administrative co-operation / 629 Chapter XI Representation / 631 Part VIII Implementing Regulations to part VIII of the Convention / 633 Part IX Implementing Regulations to part X of the Convention / 634 Verdrag inzake de toepassing van artikel 65 van het Verdrag inzake de verlening van Europese octrooien (Vertalingenprotocol) / 639 Inleiding / 639 Agreement on the application of art. 65 EPC (London Agreement) / 657 Taksen / 661 Rules relating to Fees / 663 Kamers van beroep / 687 Rules of Procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office / 689 Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office / 695 Notice from the Vice-President Directorate-General 3 concerning accelerated processing before the boards of appeal / 703 Europese octrooigemachtigden / 705 Regulation on the establishment of an Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office / 707 10
Code of Conduct of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office / 713 Regulation on Discipline for Professional Representatives / 719 Additional Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Committee of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office / 729 Additional Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Board of the European Patent Office / 737 Additional Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office / 743 Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives before the European Patent Office / 749 Implementing provisions to the Regulation on the European qualifying examination / 763 Vestigingsstaten / 777 Abkommen zwischen der Regierung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der Europäischen Patentorganisation über die Errichtung der Dienststelle Berlin des Europäischen Patentamts / 779 Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the European Patent Organization concerning the integration of the International Patent Documentation Center (INPADOC) into the European Patent Office / 787 Headquarters Agreement between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Patent Organisation / 791 Overeenkomst tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Europese Octrooiorganisatie betreffende het onderdeel van het Europees Octrooibureau in 's-gravenhage, inclusief Afzonderlijke overeenkomst / 797 Agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the European Patent Organisation concerning the branch of the European Patent Office at The Hague, including Separate agreement / 813 11
Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the European Patent Organisation concerning the headquarters of the Vienna sub-office of the European Patent Office / 825 WIPO / 835 Agreement between the European Patent Organisation and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization in relation to the functioning of the European Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty / 837 12