Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "European Patent Convention" in English language version.
The extension system largely corresponds to the EPC system operating in the EPC contracting states, except that it is based not on direct application of the EPC but solely on national law modelled on the EPC. It is therefore subject to the national extension rules of the country concerned.
Under Article 53(c) EPC diagnostic methods practised on the human or animal body are excluded from patentability.
The European Patent Convention ('the EPC'), signed at Munich on 5 October 1973, is a treaty to which 38 States, including all the Member States of the European Union, are now parties. The European Union is not a party to the EPC. (...)
Work on a European patent law aimed at a "European patent" had begun in Strasbourg in 1949 with the Longchambon plan.
Work on a European patent law aimed at a "European patent" had begun in Strasbourg in 1949 with the Longchambon plan.
The list of States which are party to the EPC and which have closed the national route now includes Belgium, Cyprus, France, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, San Marino and Slovenia.
The list of States which are party to the EPC and which have closed the national route now includes Belgium, Cyprus, France, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, San Marino and Slovenia.
