Chapter I – General provisions
A system of law, common to the Contracting States, 2 for the grant of patents for invention is established by this Convention.
2There are currently 3839 Contracting States: AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR.