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2 years to file EPC divisionals

By Eva Carlsson | Posted on April 6, 2009

The European Patent Office has decided to restrict the possibility for filing divisional applications. Under the current Rule 36 EPC a divisional application may be filed up to the grant of the parent application. According to the adopted amendments to Rule 36 (1) EPC the applicant has a basic right to file one or more...

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