Chapter III – Effects of the European patent and the European patent application
Article 68 42
Effect of revocation of the European patent
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. |
The European patent application and the resulting patent shall be deemed not to have had, as from the outset, the effects specified in Articles 64 and 67, to the extent that the patent has been revoked in opposition proceedings.
42See Legal advice No. 11/82 (Annex II).