1、European Patent Organisation (EPO) Implementing Regulations to the Convention on the Grant of European Patents (of 5 October 1973 as last amended by Decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 13 December 2001) •Bibliographic Entries •Texts Select Language▼Ta
2、ble of Contents •PART I IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART I OF THE CONVENTION 第一部分 适用于公约第一部分得条款 ■Chapter I Languages of the European Patent Office 第一章 欧洲专利局得正式语言 ■Rule 1 Derogations from the provisions concerning the language of the proceedings in written proceedings 第一条 在书面手续中不使用正式语言得规定
3、 ■Rule 2 Derogations from the provisions concerning the language of the proceedings in oral proceedings 第二条 在口头程序中不使用正式语言得规定 ■Rule 3 (deleted) 第三条 正式语言得改变 ■Rule 4 Language of a European divisional application 第四条 专利分案申请得语言 ■Rule 5 Certification of translations 第五条 译本得证明 ■Rule 6 Time li
4、mits and reduction of fees 第六条 期限与费用得减收 ■Rule 7 Legal authenticity of the translation of the European patent application 第七条 专利申请译本得法律效力 ■Chapter II Organisation of the European Patent Office 第二章 欧洲专利局得机构 ■Rule 8 Patent classification 第八条 专利分类 ■Rule 9 Allocation of duties to the departm
5、ents of the first instance 第九条 一级机构得职责范围 ■Rule 10 Presidium of the Boards of Appeal 第十条 二级机构得职责范围 ■Rule 11 Business distribution scheme for the Enlarged Board of Appeal and adoption of its Rules of Procedure 第十一条 二级机构工作程序得规定 ■Rule 12 Administrative structure of the European Patent Office
6、 第十二条 欧洲专利局管理机构 •PART II IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART II OF THE CONVENTION 第二部分 适用本公约第二部分得条款 ■Chapter I Procedure where the applicant or proprietor is not entitled 第一章 申请人或专利权人无资格得规定 ■Rule 13 Suspension of proceedings 第十三条 审查程序得中止 ■Rule 14 Limitation of the option to withdraw the Eu
7、ropean patent application 第十四条 对撤回欧洲专利申请得限制 ■Rule 15 Filing of a new European patent application by the person entitled to apply 第十五条 提出新得欧洲专利申请得资格 ■Rule 16 Partial transfer of right by virtue of a final decision 第十六条 依据判决作出欧洲专利权得部分转让 ■Chapter II Mention of the inventor 第二章 发明人得署名 ■Rule
8、17 Designation of the inventor 第十七条 发明人得指定 ■Rule 18 Publication of the mention of the inventor 第十八条 指定发明人姓名得公布 ■Rule 19 Rectification of the designation of an inventor 第十九条 更正发明人得指定 ■Chapter III Registering transfers, licences and other rights 第三章 在登记簿上登记转让、许可与其她权利 ■Rule 20 Registering
9、a transfer 第二十条 转让登记 ■Rule 21 Registering of licences and other rights 第二十一条 许可证及其她权利得登记 ■Rule 22 Special indications for the registration of a licence 第二十二条 许可证得特别说明登记 ■Chapter IV Certification of exhibition 第四章 展出证明 ■Rule 23 Certificate of exhibition 第二十三条 展出证明书 ■Chapter V Prior Eur
10、opean applications ■Rule 23a Prior application as state of the art ■Chapter VI Biotechnological inventions ■Rule 23b General and definitions ■Rule 23c Patentable biotechnological inventions ■Rule 23d Exceptions to patentability ■Rule 23e The human body and its elements •PART III IMPLEM
11、ENTING REGULATIONS TO PART III OF THE CONVENTION 第三部分 适用于本公约第三部分得条款 ■Chapter I Filing of the European patent application 第一章 专利申请得提交 ■Rule 24 General provisions 第二十四条 总则 ■Rule 25 Provisions for European divisional applications 第二十五条 专利分案申请得提交及条件 ■Chapter II Provisions governing the app
12、lication 第二章 专利得申请 ■Rule 26 Request for grant 第二十六条 专利得请求 ■Rule 27 Content of the description 第二十七条 说明书得内容 ■Rule 27a Requirements of European patent applications relating to nucleotide and amino acid sequences ■Rule 28 Deposit of biological material 第二十八条 涉及微生物得申请文件得写法 ■Rule 28a New d
13、eposit of biological material 第二十八条之二 微生物得重新保藏 ■Rule 29 Form and content of claims 第二十九条 权利要求书内容与形式 ■Rule 30 Unity of invention 第三十条 权利要求得不同类别 ■Rule 31 Claims incurring fees 第三十一条 应当缴纳费用得权利要求 ■Rule 32 Form of the drawings 第三十二条 附图得格式 ■Rule 33 Form and content of the abstract 第三十三条 文
14、摘得内容与形式 ■Rule 34 Prohibited matter 第三十四条 禁止内容 ■Rule 35 General provisions governing the presentation of the application documents 第三十五条 关于提交申请文件得总则 ■Rule 36 Documents filed subsequently 第三十六条 申请后提交得文件 ■Chapter III Renewal fees 第三章 年费 ■Rule 37 Payment of renewal fees 第三十七条 年费得缴纳 ■Ch
15、apter IV Priority 第四章 优先权 ■Rule 38 Declaration of priority and priority documents 第三十八条 优先权声明及文件 ■Rule 38a Issuing priority documents •PART IV IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART IV OF THE CONVENTION 第四部分 适用本公约第四部分得条款 ■Chapter I Examination by the Receiving Section 第一章 受理处得审查 ■Rule 39
16、munication following the examination on filing 第三十九条 受理审查后得通知 ■Rule 40 Examination for certain physical requirements 第四十条 某些形式条件得审查 ■Rule 41 Rectification of deficiencies in the application documents 第四十一条 申请文件内容得补正 ■Rule 42 Subsequent identification of the inventor 第四十二条 发明人得最后指定 ■Rule 4
17、3 Late-filed or missing drawings 第四十三条 附图得遗漏或迟交 ■Chapter II European search report 第二章 欧洲专利申请得检索报告 ■Rule 44 Content of the European search report 第四十四条 检索报告得内容 ■Rule 45 Inplete search 第四十五条 不完全得检索 ■Rule 46 European search report where the invention lacks unity 第四十六条 发明缺少单一性检索报告 ■Rule
18、47 Definitive content of the abstract 第四十七条 文摘得确定内容 ■Chapter III Publication of the European patent application 第三章 欧洲专利申请得公布 ■Rule 48 Technical preparations for publication 第四十八条 公布得技术准备 ■Rule 49 Form of the publication of European patent applications and European search reports 第四十九条
19、 专利申请及检索报告得公开形式 ■Rule 50 Information about publication 第五十条 公布得通知 ■Chapter IV Examination by the Examining Division 第四章 审查部得审查 ■Rule 51 Examination procedure 第五十一条 审查程序 ■Rule 52 Grant of the European patent to different applicants 第五十二条 向共同申请人批准欧洲专利 ■Chapter V The European patent speci
20、fication 第五章 欧洲专利说明书 ■Rule 53 Technical preparations for publication and form of the specification of the European patent 第五十三条 欧洲专利说明书得形式 ■Rule 54 Certificate for a European patent 第五十四条 欧洲专利证书 •PART V IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART V OF THE CONVENTION 第五部分 适用于本公约第五部分得条款 ■Rule 55
21、Content of the notice of opposition 第五十五条 异议书得内容 ■Rule 56 Rejection of the notice of opposition as inadmissible 第五十六条 不能受理得异议书得驳回 ■Rule 57 Preparation of the examination of the opposition 第五十七条 异议审查得准备 ■Rule 57a Amendment of the European patent ■Rule 58 Examination of opposition 第五十八条 异议
22、审查 ■Rule 59 Requests for documents 第五十九条 证明文件得提交 ■Rule 60 Continuation of the opposition proceedings by the European Patent Office of its own motion 第六十条 异议程序得自行继续 ■Rule 61 Transfer of the European patent 第六十一条 专利得转让 ■Rule 61a Documents in opposition proceedings 第六十一条之二 异议程序中提交得文件 ■Rul
23、e 62 Form of the new specification of the European patent in opposition proceedings 第六十二条 欧洲专利新说明书在异议程序中得形式 ■Rule 62a New certificate for a European patent 第六十二条之二 欧洲新专利证书 ■Rule 63 Costs 第六十三条 费用 •PART VI IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART VI OF THE CONVENTION 第六部分 适用于本公约第六部分得条款 ■Rule 6
24、4 Content of the notice of appeal 第六十四条 申诉书得内容 ■Rule 65 Rejection of the appeal as inadmissible 第六十五条 不能受理得申诉书得驳回 ■Rule 66 Examination of appeals 第六十六条 上诉审查 ■Rule 67 Reimbursement of appeal fees 第六十七条 上诉费得退回 •PART VII IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART VII OF THE CONVENTION 第七部分 适用于本公约
25、第七部分得条款 ■Chapter I Decisions and munications of the European Patent Office 第一章 欧洲专利局得决定与通知 ■Rule 68 Form of decisions 第六十八条 决定得形式 ■Rule 69 Noting of loss of rights 第六十九条 权利丧失得通知 ■Rule 70 Signature, name, seal 第七十条 欧洲专利局通知书得形式 ■Chapter II Oral proceedings and taking of evidence 第二章 口头程
26、序与审理 ■Rule 71 Summons to oral proceedings 第七十一条 传讯参加口头程序 ■Rule 71a Preparation of oral proceedings ■Rule 72 Taking of evidence by the European Patent Office 第七十二条 欧洲专利局得审理 ■Rule 73 missioning of experts 第七十三条 专家委员会 ■Rule 74 Costs of taking of evidence 第七十四条 审理费 ■Rule 75 Conservation
27、of evidence 第七十五条 证据得保留 ■Rule 76 Minutes of oral proceedings and of taking of evidence 第七十六条 口头程序得记录与审理 ■Chapter III Notifications 第三章 通知 ■Rule 77 General provisions on notifications 第七十七条 关于通知得总则 ■Rule 78 Notification by post 第七十八条 经邮局通知 ■Rule 79 Notification by delivery by hand 第七十
28、九条 直接通知 ■Rule 80 Public notification 第八十条 公布通知 ■Rule 81 Notification to representatives 第八十一条 通知代理人与代表人 ■Rule 82 Irregularities in the notification 第八十二条 通知得缺陷 ■Chapter IV Time limits 第四章 期限 ■Rule 83 Calculation of time limits 第八十三条 期限得计算 ■Rule 84 Duration of time limits 第八十四条 期限得长
29、短 ■Rule 84a Late receipt of documents ■Rule 85 Extension of time limits 第八十五条 期限得顺延 ■Rule 85a Period of grace for payment of fees 第八十五条之一 交费期限得延长 ■Rule 85b Period of grace for the filing of the request for examination 第八十五条之二 请求审查得延长期限 ■Chapter V Amendments and corrections 第五章 修改与更正 ■
30、Rule 86 Amendment of the European patent application 第八十六条 专利申请文件得修改 ■Rule 87 Different claims, description and drawings for different States 第八十七条 不同国家得不同权利要求书、说明书与附图 ■Rule 88 Correction of errors in documents filed with the European Patent Office 第八十八条 对申请文件中错误得修改 ■Rule 89 Correction of
31、 errors in decisions 第八十九条 对决定书中错误得修改 ■Chapter VI Interruption of proceedings 第六章 程序得中止 ■Rule 90 Interruption of proceedings 第九十条 程序得中止 ■Chapter VII Waiving of enforced recovery procedures 第七章 放弃强制性收回 ■Rule 91 Waiving of enforced recovery procedures 第九十一条 放弃强制性收回 ■Chapter VIII Informa
32、tion to the public 第八章 情报得公布 ■Rule 92 Entries in the Register of European Patents 第九十二条 在欧洲专利局登记簿上登记 ■Rule 93 Parts of the for inspection 第九十三条 非公开查阅文档 ■Rule 94 Procedures for the inspection of files 第九十四条 公众查阅得方式 ■Rule 95 munication of information contained in the files 第九十五条 文档中有关情报得
33、通告 ■Rule 95a Constitution, maintenance and preservation of files 第九十五条之二 文档得保存 ■Rule 96 Additional publications by the European Patent Office 第九十六条 欧洲专利局得其她出版物 ■Chapter IX Legal and administrative co-operation 第九章 法律与管理得协调 ■Rule 97 munications between the European Patent Office and the a
34、uthorities of the Contracting States 第九十七条 欧洲专利局与缔约国行政当局得联系 ■Rule 98 Inspection of files by or via courts or authorities of the Contracting States 第九十八条 向缔约国法院、主管当局或其中间人查阅文档 ■Rule 99 Procedure for letters rogatory 第九十九条 委托程序 ■Chapter X Representation 第十章 代表人 ■Rule 100 Appointment of a m
35、on representative 第一百条 共同代表人得指定 ■Rule 101 Authorisations 第一百零一条 委托书 ■Rule 102 Amendment of the list of professional representatives 第一百零二条 登记代理人名单得修改 •PART VIII IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART VIII OF THE CONVENTION 第八部分 适用本公约第八、第十、第十一部分得条款 ■Rule 103 Information to the public in the ev
36、ent of conversion 第一百零三条 变更得公告 •PART IX IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART X OF THE CONVENTION ■Rule 104 The European Patent Office as a receiving Office 第一百零四条 欧洲专利局得受理资格 ■Rule 105 The European Patent Office as an International Searching Authority or International Preliminary Examining Aut
37、hority 第一百零五条 对审查得限制 ■Rule 106 The national fee ■Rule 107 The European Patent Office as a designated or elected Office — Requirements for entry into the European phase ■Rule 108 Consequences of non-fulfilment of certain requirements ■Rule 109 Amendment of the application ■Rule 110 Clai
38、ms incurring fees Consequence of non-payment ■Rule 111 Examination of certain formal requirements by the European Patent Office ■Rule 112 Consideration of unity by the European Patent Office Implementing Regulations to the Convention on the Grant of European Patents* (of 5 October 1973 as l
39、ast amended by Decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 13 December 2001) CONTENTS Rule Part I: Implementing Regulations to Part I of the Convention Chapter I: Languages of the European Patent Office Derogations from the provisions concerning the language
40、of the proceedings in written proceedings 1 Derogations from the provisions concerning the language of the proceedings in oral proceedings 2 (deleted) 3 Language of a European divisional application 4 Certification of translations 5 Time limits and reduction of fees 6 Legal authenticity of the
41、 translation of the European patent application 7 Chapter II: Organisation of the European Patent Office Patent classification 8 Allocation of duties to the departments of the first instance 9 Presidium of the Boards of Appeal 10 Business distribution scheme for the Enlarged Board of Appeal and
42、 adoption of its Rules of Procedure 11 Administrative structure of the European Patent Office 12 Part II: Implementing Regulations to Part II of the Convention Chapter I: Procedure where the applicant or proprietor is not entitled Suspension of proceedings 13 Limitation of the option to withdra
43、w the European patent application 14 Filing of a new European patent application by the person entitled to apply 15 Partial transfer of right by virtue of a final decision 16 Chapter II: Mention of the inventor Designation of the inventor 17 Publication of the mention of the inventor 18 Rectif
44、ication of the designation of an inventor 19 Chapter III: Registering transfers, licences and other rights Registering a transfer 20 Registering of licences and other rights 21 Special indications for the registration of a licence 22 Chapter IV: Certification of exhibition Certificate of exhib
45、ition 23 Chapter V: Prior European applications Prior application as state of the art 23a Chapter VI: Biotechnological inventions General and definitions 23b Patentable biotechnological inventions 23c Exceptions to patentability 23d The human body and its elements 23e Part III: Implementing
46、Regulations to Part III of the Convention Chapter I: Filing of the European patent application General provisions 24 Provisions for European divisional applications 25 Chapter II: Provisions governing the application Request for grant 26 Content of the description 27 Requirements of European
47、patent applications relating to nucleotide and amino acid sequences 27a Deposit of biological material 28 New deposit of biological material 28a Form and content of claims 29 Unity of invention 30 Claims incurring fees 31 Form of the drawings 32 Form and content of the abstract 33 Prohibited
48、 matter 34 General provisions governing the presentation of the application documents 35 Documents filed subsequently 36 Chapter III: Renewal fees Payment of renewal fees 37 Chapter IV: Priority Declaration of priority and priority documents 38 Issuing priority documents 38a Part IV: Impleme
49、nting Regulations to Part IV of the Convention Chapter I: Examination by the Receiving Section munication following the examination on filing 39 Examination for certain physical requirements 40 Rectification of deficiencies in the application documents 41 Subsequent identification of the invent
50、or 42 Late-filed or missing drawings 43 Chapter II: European search report Content of the European search report 44 Inplete search 45 European search report where the invention lacks unity 46 Definitive content of the abstract 47 Chapter III: Publication of the European patent application Te






