A.60 EPC Right to a European patent

(1)

The right to a European patent shall belong to the inventor or his successor in title. If the inventor is an employee, the right to a European patent shall be determined in accordance with the law of the State in which the employee is mainly employed; if the State in which the employee is mainly employed cannot be determined, the law to be applied shall be that of the State in which the employer has the place of business to which the employee is attached.

(2)

If two or more persons have made an invention independently of each other, the right to a European patent therefor shall belong to the person whose European patent application has the earliest date of filing, provided that this first application has been published.

(3)

In proceedings before the European Patent Office, the applicant shall be deemed to be entitled to exercise the right to a European patent.

[ Art. 61 80 89 138 R. 40 ]

Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.

See decisions/opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 3/92, G 2/98, G 1/03, G 2/03 (Annex I).

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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X Chapter II Persons entitled to apply for and obtain a European patent – Mention of the inventor

X A.61 EPC European patent applications filed by non-entitled persons

X A.80 EPC Date of filing

X A.89 EPC Effect of priority right

X A.138 EPC Revocation of European patents

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.40 EPC Date of filing

X R.78 EPC Procedure where the proprietor of the patent is not entitled

EPO Guidelines - A Formalities Examination

X GL A II 2 Persons entitled to file an application

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

X GL E XIV 3 Transfer of the European patent application

EPO Guidelines - F The European Patent Application

X GL F VI 1.1 Filing date as effective date

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 2/2021, p19 - II. PATENT APPLICATION AND AMENDMENTS

X OJ EPO 2020, A104 - Interlocutory Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.01 dated 7 February 2019 - T 318/14

X OJ EPO 2017, A82 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 29 November 2016 - G 1/15

X OJ EPO 2012, 516 - Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 25 November 2011 J 4/11 3.1.01

X OJ EPO 2011, 336 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 27 September 2010 G 1/09

X OJ EPO 2009, 422 - Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.07 dated 3 July 2007 T 307/03 3.3.07

Case Law Book: II Conditions to be met by an Application

X CLR II F 3.5.6 Pendency in case of deemed withdrawal of earlier application and request for re-establishment

X CLR II F 5 Double patenting

X CLR II F 5.2 Different subject-matter and scope of protection; overlapping subject-matter

Case Law Book: IV Divisional Applications

X CLR IV A 4 Persons entitled to file application

X CLR IV A 5.2.1 Requirement for information identifying the applicant (Rule 40(1)(b) EPC)

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0003/92 (Unlawful applicant) of 13.6.1994

X G 0002/98 (Requirement for claiming priority of the "same invention") of 31.5.2001

X G 0001/03 (Disclaimer/PPG) of 8.4.2004

X G 0002/03 (Disclaimer/GENETIC SYSTEMS) of 8.4.2004

General Case Law

X J 0016/14 (Transfer and reversal of transfer of entries in the European Patent … of 15.6.2015

X J 0017/14 (Umschreibung und RÃ¼ckumschreibung im EuropÃ¤ischen Patent-register, … of 15.6.2015

X J 0022/14 (Umschreibung und RÃ¼ckumschreibung im EuropÃ¤ischen Patent-register, … of 15.6.2015

X J 0001/16 (Fortsetzung des Verfahrens) of 25.11.2016

X T 0307/03 (ARCO/Double patenting) of 3.7.2007

X T 1423/07 (Cyclic Amine derivative/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA GmbH) of 19.4.2010

X T 1349/08 (Hydrocarbon preparation/AGIP PETROLI) of 16.3.2010

X T 2461/10 (MAT-MolekÃ¼le/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA) of 26.3.2014

X T 0854/12 (Unterbrechung des Verfahrens) of 8.8.2016