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Chapter I – Common provisions governing procedure

Overview

Article 125146
Reference to general principles

16th edition: this version presents the text in force on 1 July 2020.

In the absence of procedural provisions in this Convention, the European Patent Office shall take into account the principles of procedural law generally recognised in the Contracting States.

146See decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/99, G 3/04 (Annex I).

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