EPC 1973 | EPC 2000 |
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Art. 1 | Art. 1 |
Chapter I – General provisions
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. |
A system of law, common to the Contracting States1, for the grant of patents for invention is hereby established.
1Currently the 31 Contracting States are: AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR.