Definitions: Biological material means any material containing genetic information and capable of reproducing itself or being reproduced in a biological system. Microbiological process means any process involving or performed upon or resulting in microbiological material, Essentially biological process for the…
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Effects of the European patent in Contracting State The patent granted by the European Patent Office shall have the same effects, as the national patents granted in Contracting states. The European patent shall have the effects in the Contracting State…
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In proceedings before it, the European Patent Office shall examine the facts of its own motion; it shall not be restricted in this examination to the facts, evidence and arguments provided by the parties and the relief sought. The European Patent…
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In proceedings before the European Patent Office, documents may be filed by delivery by hand, by postal services or by means of electronic communication. The President of the European Patent Office shall lay down the details and conditions and, where…
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General requirements Persons entitled to apply for and obtain a European patent A European patent application may be filed by any natural or legal person, or anybody equivalent to a legal person by virtue of the law governing it. A…
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