INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
AT Austria
Decision of the Patent Office (Appeals Division) dated 6 August 1992 - (B 8/92)*
Headword: Inspection of files
Section 24 Law Introducing Patent Treaties
Section 57 Patent Law
Keyword: "Requests for inspection of files relating to European patent applications must be addressed to the EPO" - "Provisions governing administrative and legal co-operation not applicable to requests from private individuals (or firms)" - "No supplementary application of national law"
Headnote
In view of the fact that the EPC and its Implementing Regulations do not expressly assign powers to the Austrian Patent Office, requests for inspection of the files relating to a European patent application must be addressed to the European Patent Office.
AT 3/93
* The full text of the decision was published in the original German in Österreichisches Patentblatt 1993, 96.