1Simultaneous protection allowed? Art. 139(3) and 140 EPC
No; to the extent that it protects the same invention with the same right to priority for the same patentee or his successor in title, the national patent ceases to have effect from the date on which
(a) the period for filing the notice of opposition to the European patent expires without such notice being filed, or
(b) the opposition proceedings are finally closed, the European patent having been maintained.
Art. 10 AccEPCLaw
2Territorial field of application pursuant to Art. 168 EPC
