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Chapter III – Registration of transfers, licences and other rights

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Rule 2233
Registration of transfers

(1)34 The transfer of a European patent application shall be recorded in the European Patent Register at the request of an interested party, upon production of documents providing evidence of such transfer. Rule 2, paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the signature of the parties to the contract.

(2)35 Registration of the transfer may be subject to the payment of an administrative fee under the conditions laid down by the President of the European Patent Office. Where a fee is due, the The request shall not be deemed to have been filed until an the administrative fee has been paid. It may be rejected only if paragraph 1 has not been complied with.

(3) A transfer shall have effect vis-à-vis the European Patent Office only at the date when and to the extent that the documents referred to in paragraph 1 have been produced.

33See decisions of the President of the EPO of 21.11.2013 concerning the responsibilities of the Legal Division (OJ EPO 2013, 600) and concerning the entrustment to non-legally qualified staff of certain duties incumbent on the Legal Division (OJ EPO 2013, 601).

34Amended by decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 26/23 of 14.12.2023 (OJ EPO 2024, A16), which entered into force on 01.04.2024.
See decision of the President of the EPO of 09.02.2024 concerning signatures on contracts and declarations under Rules 22 and 85 and Rule 23 EPC (OJ EPO 2024, A17), decision of the President of the EPO of 09.02.2024 concerning signatures on contracts and declarations relating to European patents with unitary effect (OJ EPO 2024, A18) and notice from the EPO of 9 February 2024 concerning revised Rule 22 EPC (OJ EPO 2024, A22).

35Amended by decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 26/23 of 14.12.2023 (OJ EPO 2024, A16), which entered into force on 01.04.2024.

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