개요로 돌아 Serbia accedes to the European Patent Convention

On July 15, 2010, the Government of the Republic of Serbia (RS) deposited its instrument of accession to the European Patent Convention (EPC).

The EPC will accordingly enter into force for Serbia on October 1, 2010. The European Patent Organisation will thus comprise the following 38 member states from October 1, 2010:

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European patent applications filed on or after October 1, 2010, will include the designation of the new contracting state. It will not be possible to designate Serbia retroactively in applications filed before that date.

To allow the new contracting state to be designated, however, the EPO will accord European patent applications filed in September 2010 the filing date of October 1, 2010, if the applicant expressly requests that filing date when filing the application.

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