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A.97 EPC Grant or refusal

(1)

If the Examining Division is of the opinion that the European patent application and the invention to which it relates meet the requirements of this Convention, it shall decide to grant a European patent, provided that the conditions laid down in the Implementing Regulations are fulfilled.

(2)

If the Examining Division is of the opinion that the European patent application or the invention to which it relates does not meet the requirements of this Convention, it shall refuse the application unless this Convention provides for a different legal consequence.

(3)

The decision to grant a European patent shall take effect on the date on which the mention of the grant is published in the European Patent Bulletin.

[ Art. 14 64 65 113 129 141 R. 71 72 111 114 138 140 ]

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

See decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 10/93, G 1/10 (Annex I).

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/ar97.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X Part IV Procedure up to grant

X A.14 EPC Languages of the European Patent Office, European patent applications and other documents

X A.18 EPC Examining Divisions

X A.64 EPC Rights conferred by a European patent

X A.65 EPC Translation of the European patent

X A.113 EPC Right to be heard and basis of decisions

X A.129 EPC Periodical publications

X A.141 EPC Renewal fees for European patents

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.71 EPC Examination procedure

X R.72 EPC Grant of the European patent to different applicants

X R.111 EPC Form of decisions

X R.112 EPC Noting of loss of rights

X R.113 EPC Signature, name, seal

X R.114 EPC Observations by third parties

X R.138 EPC Different claims, description and drawings for different States

X R.140 EPC Correction of errors in decisions

EPO Guidelines - A Formalities Examination

X GL A IV 4.2 Missing information; notification

EPO Guidelines - C Procedureal Aspects of Substantive Examination

X GL C I 4 Purpose of examination

X GL C III 3.1.3 Invitation to pay additional search fees combined with invitation to restrict the scope of the search

X GL C V 2 Approval of the proposed text – grant of a patent

X GL C V 4.7.1 Communications/oral proceedings after resumption

X GL C V 4.7.3 No agreement reached on a text - refusal

X GL C V 14 Refusal

X GL C IX 1.4 Examination of a divisional application

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

X GL E III 2 Oral proceedings at the request of a party

X GL E III 8.3.3.1 General

X GL E X 1.3.1 Order

X GL E X 2.9 Main and auxiliary requests

EPO Guidelines - F The European Patent Application

X GL F IV 3.3 Objection under Rule 43(2) or Rule 137(5)

EPO Guidelines - G Patentability

X GL G IV 5.4 Double patenting

EPO Guidelines - H Amendments and Corrections

X GL H II 2.5.2 Further course of proceedings

X GL H II 2.6 Further requests for amendment after approval

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 2/2021, p37 - III. RULES COMMON TO ALL PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE EPO

X OJ EPO SE 4/2020, p116 - ANNEX 3

X OJ EPO SE 4/2020, p62 - IV. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE DEPARTMENTS OF FIRST INSTANCE

X OJ EPO SE 4/2020, p23 - II. PATENT APPLICATION AND AMENDMENTS

X OJ EPO 2020, A104 - Interlocutory Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.01 dated 7 February 2019 - T 318/14

X OJ EPO 2020, A66 - Communication from the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning case G 4/19

X OJ EPO 2019, A76 - Interlocutory decision of Technical Board 3.5.03 of 25 February 2019 – T 831/17

X OJ EPO SE 4/2017, p2 - BOARD OF APPEAL AND ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW 2015/2016

X OJ EPO 2012, 52 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 13 December 2011 concerning amended Rule 71 and new Rule 71a EPC

X OJ EPO 2011, 336 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 27 September 2010 G 1/09

X OJ EPO 2011, 94 - Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.03 dated 17 June 2010

X OJ EPO 2010, 498 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 7 July 2010 concerning inventions which involve the use of or concern biological material

X OJ EPO 2010, 100 - Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 27 May 2009 J 2/08 3.1.01

X OJ EPO 2009, 533 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 October 2009 concerning amendments to the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (EPC)

X OJ EPO 2009, 306 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 25 November 2008 G 2/06

X OJ EPO 2008, 430 - Decisions of the Boards of Appeal

X OJ EPO 2008, 271 - Decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal

Case Law Book: II Conditions to be met by an Application

X CLR II F 5 Double patenting

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III K 2.3 Date European patent takes effect and jurisdiction after pendency

Case Law Book: IV Divisional Applications

X CLR IV B 2.6.3 The burden of proposing amendments

X CLR IV B 2.6.5 Second communication under Rule 71(3) EPC: the consent of the examining division

X CLR IV B 2.8.1 Introduction

X CLR IV B 3.1 ‍‍Rule 71(3) EPC communication: the text for approval

X CLR IV B 3.2.3.A General issues

X CLR IV B 3.9 Refusal of a European patent application under Article 97(2) EPC (former Article 97(1) EPC 1973)

X CLR IV B 3.10 Entry into force of a decision to grant a European patent

X CLR IV B 3.11 Errors in the Patent Bulletin

X CLR IV B 5.5 Non-compliance with Rule 137(5) EPC: a ground for refusing an application

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0010/93 (Scope of examination in ex parte appeal) of 30.11.1994

X G 0001/10 (Request to correct patent/FISHER-ROSEMOUNT) of 23.7.2012

X G 0003/14 () of 24.3.2015

General Case Law

X J 0002/08 (Pending application/SONY) of 27.5.2009

X J 0010/08 (Retraction of withdrawal/BACTERIN) of 16.11.2009

X J 0024/10 () of 15.4.2011

X J 0013/12 (Aussetzung des Verfahrens) of 17.6.2013

X J 0016/13 (Correction of application documents) of 22.5.2014

X J 0019/13 (Deficiency concerning the signature on the request for grant) of 30.5.2016

X T 1127/05 (Inhibition of angiogenesis/SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE) of 15.1.2008

X T 1423/07 (Cyclic Amine derivative/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA GmbH) of 19.4.2010

X T 1349/08 (Hydrocarbon preparation/AGIP PETROLI) of 16.3.2010

X T 1969/08 (Touch screen with layered structure/TAIGUEN) of 7.6.2011

X T 0690/09 (TCP offloading and uploading/BROADCOM) of 12.5.2010

X T 2308/10 () of 8.10.2015

X T 0854/12 (Unterbrechung des Verfahrens) of 8.8.2016

X T 1788/12 () of 4.12.2013

X T 1849/12 () of 3.12.2012

X T 1869/12 () of 13.12.2013

X T 2459/12 () of 17.10.2013

X T 0084/16 (PAR-1 activation/TUFTS) of 27.1.2017

X T 0506/16 (Correction of patent/DOW GLOBAL) of 20.6.2018