Chapter II – Information to the public or to official authorities
16th edition: this version presents the text in force on 1 July 2020. |
The European Patent Office shall keep a European Patent Register, in which the particulars specified in the Implementing Regulations shall be recorded. No entry shall be made in the European Patent Register before the publication of the European patent application. The European Patent Register shall be open to public inspection.
148Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.
149See the decisions of the President of the EPO, OJ EPO 2009, 598; OJ EPO 2011, 110; OJ EPO 2014, A19.