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San Marino joins the EPC

This article was included in our Winter 2009/10 edition of Inside IP magazine.

San Marino recently acceded to the European Patent Convention and is automatically designated for all European patent applications filed on or after 1 July 2009.  It is not possible to designate San Marino on European patent applications filed prior to that date.

Following this most recent accession, a European patent application can now designate 36 contracting states and up to 3 extension states.

05 Nov 2009

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