{"id":23408,"date":"2022-11-16T11:44:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T11:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sib.it\/?p=23408"},"modified":"2023-01-02T08:54:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T08:54:27","slug":"norme-transitorie-epo-sul-brevetto-unitario-applicabili-dal-1-gennaio-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/flash-news\/unitary-patent-transitional-measures-to-take-effect-on-1-jan-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"EPO sets Unitary Patent transitional measures to take effect on 1 Jan. 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Patent Office has set 1 January 2023 as the starting date for the application of the transitional measures intended to support an early uptake of the Unitary Patent by holders of European Patent Applications; this date remains unchanged regardless of the postponenment of starting date of the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court to 1 June 2023.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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The European Patent Office (EPO) announced<\/a> on 14 November 2022 that its transitional measures concerning the Unitary Patent will take effect as of 1 January 2023, as per two Decisions of the President of EPO dated 11 November 2022.\"Europe<\/p>\n

The transitional measures are intended to support an early uptake of the Unitary Patent by European patent applicants. They apply to pending European patent applications for which the applicant has already received the EPO\u2019s communication under Rule 71(3) EPC<\/strong> (by which the EPO informs the applicant of the text intended for grant, but that such text has not yet been approved).<\/p>\n

Under the transitional measures, as of 1 January 2023 holders of European patent applications that meet the above requirement may:<\/p>\n