A.79 EPC Designation of Contracting States | XEPC: EPC and PCT resource

(1)

All the Contracting States party to this Convention at the time of filing of the European patent application shall be deemed to be designated in the request for grant of a European patent.

(2)[ 74 ]

The designation of a Contracting State may be subject to the payment of a designation fee.

(3)

The designation of a Contracting State may be withdrawn at any time up to the grant of the European patent.

[ Art. 3 66 80 121 149 R. 15 17 36 39 40 41 70 71 72 112 135 139 143 159 160 ]

[ 73 ]

Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.

[ 74 ]

See opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 4/98 (Annex I).

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Date retrieved: 30 December 2018

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