Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Introduction -- Previous editions -- Contributors to the 2021 edition -- Revision note -- Notation -- List of Contents -- PREAMBLE -- PART I GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS -- Chapter I General Provisions -- Art. 1 European law for the grant of patents -- Art. 2 European patent -- Art. 3 Territorial effect -- Art. 4 European Patent Organisation -- Art. 4a Conference of ministers of the Contracting States -- Chapter II The European Patent Organisation -- Art. 5 Legal status -- Art. 6 Headquarters. Art. 7 Sub-offices of the European Patent Office -- Art. 8 Privileges and immunities -- Art. 9 Liability -- Chapter III The European Patent Office -- Art. 10 Management -- Art. 11 Appointment of senior employees -- Art. 12 Duties of office -- Art. 13 Disputes between the Organisation and the employees of the European Patent Office -- Art. 14 Languages of the European Patent Office, European patent applications and other documents -- Art. 15 The departments entrusted with the procedure -- Art. 16 Receiving Section -- Art. 17 Search Divisions -- Art. 18 Examining Divisions. Art. 19 Opposition Divisions -- Art. 20 Legal Division -- Art. 21 Boards of Appeal -- Art. 22 Enlarged Board of Appeal -- Art. 23 Independence of the members of the Boards -- Art. 24 Exclusion and objection -- Art. 25 Technical opinion -- Chapter IV The Administrative Council -- Art. 26 Membership -- Art. 27 Chairmanship -- Art. 28 Board -- Art. 29 Meetings -- Art. 30 Attendance of observers -- Art. 31 Languages of the Administrative Council -- Art. 32 Staff, premises and equipment -- Art. 33 Competence of the Administrative Council in certain cases -- Art. 34 Voting rights. Art. 35 Voting rules -- Art. 36 Weighting of votes -- Chapter V Financial Provisions -- Art. 37 Budgetary funding -- Art. 38 The Organisation's own resources -- Art. 39 Payments by the Contracting States in respect of renewal fees for European patents -- Art. 40 Level of fees and payments -- Special financial contributions -- Art. 41 Advances -- Art. 42 Budget -- Art. 43 Authorisation for expenditure -- Art. 44 Appropriations for unforeseeable expenditure -- Art. 45 Accounting period -- Art. 46 Preparation and adoption of the budget -- Art. 47 Provisional budget -- Art. 48 Budget implementation. Art. 49 Auditing of accounts -- Art. 50 Financial Regulations -- Art. 51 Fees -- PART II SUBSTANTIVE PATENT LAW -- Chapter I Patentability -- Art. 52 Patentable inventions -- Art. 53 Exceptions to patentability -- Art. 54 Novelty -- Art. 55 Non-prejudicial disclosures -- Art. 56 Inventive step -- Art. 57 Industrial application -- Chapter II Persons entitled to apply for and obtain a European patent Mention of the inventor -- Art. 58 Entitlement to file a European patent application -- Art. 59 Multiple applicants -- Art. 60 Right to a European patent.
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