The central industrial property office of a Contracting State shall forward to the European Patent Office any European patent application filed with it or any other competent authority in that State, in accordance with the Implementing Regulations.
What is EPC 077?
This is Article 077 from the EPC (Europäisches Patentübereinkommen), which is part of the legal framework governing the Unified Patent Court in Europe.
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A European patent application the subject of which has been made secret shall not be forwarded to the European Patent Office.
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A European patent application not forwarded to the European Patent Office in due time shall be deemed to be withdrawn.
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This legal text is from the official EPC framework governing the Unified Patent Court.
Reference: EPC 077 (Article 077)