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European Patent Office

European Patent Office
AbbreviationEPO
PredecessorInstitut International des Brevets
Formation1977 (1977)
HeadquartersMunich, Germany[1]
Official languages
  • English
  • French
  • German
President
António Campinos
Parent organisation
European Patent Organisation
Budget
€2.357 billion (2020)[2]
Staff6,403 (Dec. 2020)[3]
Websitewww.epo.org
European patent law
European Patent
Organisation
European Union
Eurasian Patent
Organization
Centralization
and harmonization
Historical proposals

The European Patent Office (EPO)[notes 1] is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg), the other being the Administrative Council.[4] The EPO acts as executive body for the organisation[5][6] while the Administrative Council acts as its supervisory body[5] as well as, to a limited extent, its legislative body.[6][7] The actual legislative power to revise the European Patent Convention lies with the Contracting States themselves when meeting at a Conference of the Contracting States.[8]

Within the European Patent Office, examiners are notably in charge of studying European patent applications, filed by applicants, to decide whether to grant a patent for an invention. The patents granted by the European Patent Office are called European patents.

  1. ^ Article 6(1) EPC
  2. ^ "Comprehensive Summary 2020 Budget" (PDF). EPO. 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Social Report 2020" (PDF). EPO. 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. ^ Article 4(2) EPC
  5. ^ a b Article 4(3) EPC
  6. ^ a b Gower's Report on Intellectual Property Archived 19 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, para 1.34
  7. ^ Article 33 EPC
  8. ^ Article 172 EPC


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