Chapter V – The final stage of examination
If no notice of opposition is recorded in the dossier of the European patent within nine months of publication of the mention of grant, the patent proprietor is informed and an appropriate entry is published in the European Patent Bulletin (point 1, Art. 1 Art. 1(1) of the decision of the President of the EPO dated 14 October 2009, OJ EPO 2009, 598 15 July 2014, OJ EPO 2014, A86). If it subsequently emerges that an opposition was filed in due time, the proprietor is again informed and a correction is published in the Bulletin.