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inventive step and industrial application of the invention.
If the examining division of the EPO considers the invention
to be patentabl it will decide to grant the European Patent
(which comprises a bundle of national patents in the member
countries) valid for 20 years from the date of application.
The grant of the patent is notified to the public and a patent
specification is published. Third parties may oppose the
grant of
a patent within 9 months after grant. After that
period all further actions have to be carried out with the
individual, national patent offices.
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The European Community Patent Convention, signed
but not yet in force, would go one step further than the
European Patent Convention by granting one European Patent
valid throughout the area of the contracting states.
28.
The Patent Cooperation Treaty, made in 1970 and
put into effect from 1 June 1978, provides for a system of
international search and preliminary examination which
facilitates the national examination process. Its central
administration is provided by the World
Intellectual Property
Organisation in Geneva. The Treaty is of interest to any
country which is not content to have a pure registration system
but instead opts for some form of examination. For its main
chapters provide, after the submission of a single international
application designating the PCT countries in which patents are
wanted, for two things.
Chapter 1 creates
an
international
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