EPO publishes Unitary Patent Guide

08.30.2017

The European Patent Office (EPO) has published on its website the 1st edition of the "Unitary Patent Guide". This guide aims to provide companies, inventors and their representatives with an outline of the procedure involved in obtaining a Unitary Patent from the European Patent Office (EPO) once it has granted a European patent on the basis of the provisions laid down in the European Patent Convention (EPC).