According to Article 142 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) ,
1)
Any group of European Patent Convention (EPC) Contracting States, which has provided by a special agreement that a European patent granted for those States has a unitary character throughout their territories, may provide that a European patent may only be granted jointly in respect of all those States.
2)
Where any group of EPC Contracting States has availed itself of the authorisation given in paragraph 1 of this article, the provisions of this Part shall apply.
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