Rule 16
Entries in the Register for unitary patent protection

(1)The Register for unitary patent protection shall contain the following entries: 

(a)date of publication of the mention of the grant of the European patent; 

(b)date of filing of the request for unitary effect for the European patent; 

(c)particulars of the representative of the proprietor of the European patent as provided for in Rule 41, paragraph 2(d), EPC; in the case of several representatives, only the particulars of the representative first named, followed by the words "and others" and, in the case of an association referred to in Rule 152, paragraph 11, EPC, only the name and address of the association;

(d)date and purport of the decision on the registration of unitary effect for the European patent; 

(e)date of registration of the unitary effect of the European patent; 

(f)date of effect of the European patent with unitary effect pursuant to Article 4, paragraph 1, Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012;

(g)participating Member States in which the European patent with unitary effect has unitary effect pursuant to Article 18, paragraph 2, Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012;

(h)particulars of the proprietor of the European patent with unitary effect as provided for in Rule 41, paragraph 2(c), EPC;

(i)⁵ family name, given names and country and place of residence of the inventor designated by the applicant for or proprietor of the patent, unless he has waived his right to be mentioned under Rule 20, paragraph 1, EPC;

(j)rights and transfer of such rights relating to the European patent with unitary effect where the present Rules provide that they shall be recorded at the request of an interested party; 

(k)licensing commitments undertaken by the proprietor of the European patent with unitary effect in international standardisation bodies pursuant to Article 9, paragraph 1(c), Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012, where the proprietor requested their registration;

(l)date of filing and date of withdrawal of the statement provided for in Rule 12;

(m)date of lapse of the European patent with unitary effect; 

(n)data as to the payment of renewal fees for the European patent with unitary effect, including, where applicable, data on the payment of an additional fee pursuant to Rule 13, paragraph 3;

(o)a record of the information communicated to the European Patent Office concerning proceedings before the Unified Patent Court; 

(p)a record of the information communicated to the European Patent Office by the central industrial property offices, courts and other competent authorities of the participating Member States; 

(q)date and purport of the decision on the validity of a European patent with unitary effect taken by the Unified Patent Court; 

(r)date of receipt of a request for re-establishment of rights; 

(s)refusal of a request for re-establishment of rights; 

(t)date of re-establishment of rights; 

(u)dates of interruption and resumption of proceedings; 

(v)date of issuance, date of expiry and date and purport of the decision on the validity of a supplementary protection certificate for a product protected by the European patent with unitary effect as well as the participating Member State issuing it; 

(w)⁶ information regarding a place of business of the applicant on the date of filing of the application for the European patent pursuant to Article 7, paragraph 1(b), Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012, which may be provided by the proprietor of the European patent together with the request for unitary effect referred to in Rule 6.

(x)⁷ information regarding the residence or principal place of business of the applicant on the date of filing of the application for the European patent pursuant to Article 7, paragraph 1(a), Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012.

(2)The President of the European Patent Office may decide that entries additional to those referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made in the Register for unitary patent protection.