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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 II - SUBSTANTIVE PATENT LAW PART I - GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS PART III - APPLICATION FOR EUROPEAN PATENTS
Chapter I - Patentability   Chapter II - Persons entitled to apply for and obtain European patents - Mention of the inventor
Article 57 - Industrial application Article 56 - Inventive step  


Article 57 33

Industrial application

Art. 52, 100, 138
R. 23e, 27, 27a



An invention shall be considered as susceptible of industrial application if it can be made or used in any kind of industry, including agriculture.


33 See decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/83, G 5/83, G 6/83, G 1/03, G 2/03 (Annex I).

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