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EPC 1973	EPC 2000
Art. 94(2), (3)	R. 70

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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

PART IV - PROCEDURE UP TO GRANT

PART III - APPLICATION FOR EUROPEAN PATENTS

Article 94 - Request for examination

Article 93 - Publication of a European patent application

Article 95 - Extension of the period within which requests for examination may be filed

Article 94

Request for examination

Art. 16, 95, 122, 129, 150
R. 6, 50, 69, 85b, 90, 107

(1) The European Patent Office shall examine, on written request, whether a European patent application and the invention to which it relates meet the requirements of this Convention.

(2)63 A request for examination may be filed by the applicant up to the end of six months after the date on which the European Patent Bulletin mentions the publication of the European search report. The request shall not be deemed to be filed until after the examination fee has been paid. The request may not be withdrawn.

(3) If no request for examination has been filed by the end of the period referred to in paragraph 2, the application shall be deemed to be withdrawn.

63 See Legal advice No. 10/92 rev. (Annex II).

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