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European Patent Convention (EPC 1973)

A revised version of the European Patent Convention entered into force on 13 December 2007. The provisions of the revised Convention apply unless the transitional provisions provide for the applicability of the EPC 1973.
EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION 1973 - Table of Contents
CONVENTION Preface Implementing Regulations
PART VIII - IMPACT ON NATIONAL LAW PART VII - COMMON PROVISIONS PART IX - SPECIAL AGREEMENTS
Chapter III - Miscellaneous effects Chapter II - Revocation and prior rights  
Article 140 - National utility models and utility certificates   Article 141 - Renewal fees for European patents


Article 140

National utility models and utility certificates

R. 69, 103



Article 66, Article 124, Articles 135 to 137 and Article 139 shall apply to utility models and utility certificates and to applications for utility models and utility certificates registered or deposited in the Contracting States whose laws make provision for such models or certificates.


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