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Under Art. 79(1) EPC all the contracting states which are party to the EPC at the time of filing of the patent application are now deemed to be designated in the request for grant of a European patent. Applicants continue to have the option of withdrawing designations pursuant to Art. 79(3) EPC (see in this chapter IV.A.7.1.).

CLR IV A 7.3.1 Decisions considering the application of the EPC 1973

CLR IV A 7.3 Correction of designation of states (Rule 139 EPC)

7.3.1 Decisions considering the application of the EPC 1973

7.3.2 Decisions considering the application of the EPC 2000

CLR IV A 7.2.3 No correction of non-payment of fee under R. 88 EPC 1973

CLR IV A 7.2.2 Designation of states in divisional applications

Art. 76(2) EPC 1973 stipulated that a European divisional application could not designate contracting states which were not designated in the earlier application.