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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

IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO THE CONVENTION ON THE GRANT OF EUROPEAN PATENTS

PART IV - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART IV OF THE CONVENTION

PART III - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART III OF THE CONVENTION

PART V - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART V OF THE CONVENTION

Chapter III - Publication of the European patent application

Chapter IV - Examination by the Examining Division

Rule 48 - Technical preparations for publication

Rule 49 - Form of the publication of European patent applications and European search reports

Rule 48

Technical preparations for publication

Art. 93
R. 28, 53

(1)74 The President of the European Patent Office shall determine when the technical preparations for publication of the European patent application are to be deemed to have been completed.

(2) The European patent application shall not be published if it has been finally refused or withdrawn or deemed to be withdrawn before the termination of the technical preparations for publication.

74 See decision of the President of the EPO dated 14.12.1992 concerning the completion of the technical preparations for the publication of the European patent application (OJ EPO 1993, 55).

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