How to obtain a Unitary patent?
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Only one fee paid to the EPO
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of a Unitary patent in the UPC Contracting Member States
(EU Member States in which the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPC Agreement) has entered into force)
at the date of registration of the unitary effect
Current coverage · 18 states
A Unitary Patent’s coverage is fixed on the date its unitary effect is registered. It does not extend to states joining the system later.
- Filing a request for unitary effect of the proprietor of the EP before the EPO
- When the EP patent is granted in English, the translation is required in any other official EU language during a transitional period of at least 6 years (See the specific Regulation on translations)
- Unitary patent is registered only if the EP has been granted with the same set of claims for all the participating Member States
Fee paid to each national patent office where the EP has been validated
of national patents in all designated countries
- Validation of the EP in each designated country
- Translation in the language of the national country (if required)