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What is EPC 061?

This is Article 061 from the EPC (Europäisches Patentübereinkommen), which is part of the legal framework governing the Unified Patent Court in Europe.

EPC Article 061

Legal Text

European patent applications filed by non-entitled persons

1.

If by a final decision it is adjudged that a person other than the applicant is entitled to the grant of the European patent, that person may, in accordance with the Implementing Regulations:

(a)

prosecute the European patent application as his own application in place of the applicant;

(b)

file a new European patent application in respect of the same invention; or

(c)

request that the European patent application be refused.

2.

Article 76, paragraph 1, shall apply mutatis mutandis to a new European patent application filed under paragraph 1(b).

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Official Source

This legal text is from the official EPC framework governing the Unified Patent Court.

Reference: EPC 061 (Article 061)

Unified Patent Court Official Website