Chapter I – Common provisions governing procedure
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16th edition: this version presents the text in force on 1 July 2020. |
In proceedings before the European Patent Office, following the publication of the European patent application, any third party may, in accordance with the Implementing Regulations, present observations concerning the patentability of the invention to which the application or patent relates. That person shall not be a party to the proceedings.
131Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.
132See the decision of the President of the EPO OJ EPO 2011, 418 and the notice from the EPO, OJ EPO 2011, 418, 420OJ EPO 2017, A86.