The application is published - normally together with the search report - 18 months after the date of filing or, if priority was claimed, the priority date. Applicants then have six months to decide whether or not to pursue their application by requesting substantive examination. Alternatively, an applicant who has requested examination already will be invited to confirm whether the application should proceed. Within the same time limit the applicant must pay the appropriate designation fee and, if applicable, the extension fees. From the date of publication, a European patent application confers provisional protection on the invention in the states designated in the application. However, depending on the relevant national law, it may be necessary to file a translation of the claims with the patent office in question and have this translation published.
** Substantive Examination DONE!!!!**
After the request for examination has been made, the European Patent Office examines whether the European patent application and the invention meet the requirements of the European Patent Convention and whether a patent can be granted. An examining division normally consists of three examiners, one of whom maintains contact with the applicant or representative. The decision on the application is taken by the examining division as a whole in order to ensure maximum objectivity.
*VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE!!! The European Patent Convention has already determined that the International Preliminary Report on Patentability, written opinion is YES, for all 3 Core Requirements; NOVELTY, INVENTIVE STEP, AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY!!!!!!!!!
**** 04.10.2013 (US date 10/04/2013) Publication in section I.1 EP Bulletin****DONE!!!!!!***** **** 09.10.2013 (US date 10/09/3013) Notification on forthcoming publication of bibliographic data****DONE!!!!!!!!*******
****04.10.2013 Request for examination filed****DONE!!!!!!********
SVFC IS IN THE FINAL STEP OF THE INTERNATIONAL PATENT PROCESS!!!!!!
****** THE GRANT OF A PATENT!!!!!! ********
If the examining division decides that a patent can be granted, it issues a decision to that effect. A mention of the grant is published in the European Patent Bulletin once the translations of the claims have been filed and the fee for grant and publication have been paid. The decision to grant takes effect on the date of publication. The granted European patent is a "bundle" of individual national patents.
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