Chapter V – The European patent specification
Rule 53 79
Technical preparations for publication and form of the specification 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. |
Rules 48 and 49, paragraphs 1 and 2, shall apply mutatis mutandis to the specification of the European patent. The specification shall also contain an indication of the time limit for opposing the European patent.
79Amended by decision of the Administrative Council of 10.06.1988 which entered into force on 01.10.1988 (OJ EPO 1988, 290 ff). See notice of the President of the EPO of 10.01.1984 concerning the form of European patent specifications (OJ EPO 1984, 88).