Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí Slovenskej republiky oznamuje,
že rozhodnutím Správnej rady Európskej patentovej organizácie boli 14. decembra 2023
v Mníchove prijaté zmeny Vykonávacieho predpisu k Dohovoru o udeľovaní európskych
patentov (Európskemu patentovému dohovoru) (oznámenie č. 376/2002 Z. z., oznámenie č. 58/2004 Z. z., oznámenie č. 191/2005 Z. z., oznámenie č. 590/2007 Z.
z., oznámenie č. 111/2008 Z. z., oznámenie č. 125/2009 Z. z., oznámenie č. 354/2009
Z. z., oznámenie č. 355/2009 Z. z., oznámenie č. 65/2010 Z. z., oznámenie č. 66/2010
Z. z., oznámenie č. 475/2010 Z. z., oznámenie č. 476/2010 Z. z., oznámenie č. 477/2010
Z. z., oznámenie č. 63/2013 Z. z., oznámenie č. 70/2014 Z. z., oznámenie č. 71/2014
Z. z., oznámenie č. 72/2014 Z. z., oznámenie č. 148/2014 Z. z., oznámenie č. 408/2014
Z. z., oznámenie č. 165/2016 Z. z., oznámenie č. 175/2016 Z. z., oznámenie č. 238/2016
Z. z., oznámenie č. 5/2017 Z. z., oznámenie č. 201/2017 Z. z., oznámenie č. 208/2017
Z. z., oznámenie č. 254/2018 Z. z., oznámenie č. 195/2019 Z. z., oznámenie č. 60/2020
Z. z., oznámenie č. 252/2020 Z. z., oznámenie č. 13/2021 Z. z. a oznámenie č. 112/2021
Z. z.).
Zmeny nadobudnú platnosť 1. apríla 2024. Pre Slovenskú republiku nadobudnú platnosť
v ten istý deň, t. j. 1. apríla 2024.
66/2024 Z. z.
Vyhlásené znenie
Obsah zobrazeného právneho predpisu má informatívny charakter, právne záväzný obsah sa nachádza v pdf verzii právneho predpisu.
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Otvoriť všetky
| Číslo predpisu: | 66/2024 Z. z. |
| Názov: | Oznámenie Ministerstva zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí Slovenskej republiky o prijatí zmien Vykonávacieho predpisu k Dohovoru o udeľovaní európskych patentov (Európskemu patentovému dohovoru) |
| Typ: | Oznámenie |
| Dátum vyhlásenia: | 27.03.2024 |
| Autor: | Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí Slovenskej republiky |
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66
OZNÁMENIE
Ministerstva zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí Slovenskej republiky
IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO THE EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION
of 5 October 1973
as amended by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation
of 14 December 2023
of 5 October 1973
as amended by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation
of 14 December 2023
Article 1
The Implementing Regulations to the EPC shall be amended as follows:
1.
Rule 1 shall read as follows:
„In written proceedings before the European Patent Office, the requirement to use
the written form shall be satisfied if the content of the documents can be reproduced
in a legible form.“.
2.
Rule 22(1) shall read as follows:
„The transfer of a European patent application shall be recorded in the European Patent
Register at the request of an interested party, upon production of documents providing
evidence of such transfer. Rule 2, paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the
signature of the parties to the contract.“.
3.
Rule 22(2) shall read as follows:
„Registration of the transfer may be subject to the payment of an administrative fee
under the conditions laid down by the President of the European Patent Office. Where
a fee is due, the request shall not be deemed to have been filed until the administrative
fee has been paid. It may be rejected only if paragraph 1 has not been complied with.“.
4.
Rule 41(2)(c) shall read as follows:
„the name, address and nationality of the applicant and the State in which their residence
or principal place of business is located. Names of natural persons shall be indicated
by the person's family name, followed by their given names. Names of legal persons,
as well as of bodies equivalent to legal persons under the law governing them, shall
be indicated by their official designations. Addresses shall be indicated in accordance
with applicable customary requirements for prompt postal delivery and shall comprise
all the relevant administrative units, including the house number, if any. It is recommended
that the telephone numbers be indicated;“.
5.
Rule 41(2)(d) shall read as follows:
„the representative's name and the address of their place of business as prescribed
in sub-paragraph (c), if the applicant has appointed a representative;“.
6.
Rule 41(2)(h) shall read as follows:
„(h)
the signature of the applicant or their representative;"“.
7.
Rule 147(3) shall read as follows:
„(a)
Documents incorporated in an electronic file shall be considered to be originals.
(b)
The initial version of such documents filed on paper or on a data carrier shall only
be destroyed after expiry of at least five years. This preservation period starts
at the end of the year in which the document was incorporated in the electronic file."“.
8.
Rule 152(2) shall read as follows:
„Where a representative fails to file such an authorisation, the European Patent Office
shall invite them to do so within a period to be specified. The authorisation may
cover one or more European patent applications or European patents.“.
9.
Rule 152(4) shall read as follows:
„A general authorisation may be filed enabling a representative to act in respect
of all the patent transactions of a party.“.
10.
Rule 152(8) shall read as follows:
„A representative shall be deemed to be authorised until the termination of their
authorisation has been communicated to the European Patent Office.“.
11.
Rule 152(11) shall read as follows:
„The authorisation of an association of representatives shall be deemed to be an authorisation
of any representative who can provide evidence that they practise within that association.“.
Article 2
The provisions in Article 1, paragraph 7 of this decision shall apply to all European
patent applications and patents, with the proviso that the five-year preservation
period stipulated in Rule 147(3) EPC as amended for the initial version of documents
filed on data carriers does not expire before 31 December 2024, irrespective of the
date on which the document was incorporated into the electronic file.
Article 3
Rules 1, 22, 41, 147 and 152 EPC as amended by Article 1 of this decision will enter
into force on 1 April 2024.
Done at Munich 14 December 2023