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Entitlement to file a European patent application

Submitted by European Patent... on Mon, 2014-12-01 08:07

 

According to Art. 58 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) , a European patent application may be filed by any natural or legal person, or any body equivalent to a legal person by virtue of the law governing it. 

Multiple applicants

A European patent application may also be filed either by joint applicants or by two or more applicants designating different Contracting States.

 

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