Art170eTPEPC1973

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• Nom affiché : Art170eTPEPC1973
• Numéro d'article : 170
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The collection represents purely an internal research tool for the purpose of Directorate Patent Law of the European Patent Office. No guarantee can be given for its completeness or correctness. The documents produced before 1969 cannot be provided in English as this was not an official language in the period before that date. These documents therefore are provided in French and German.

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Art. 170 MPU Aufnahmebeitrag

Entwurf, der dem nebenstehenden Dokument zugrunde liegt	Art. Nr. im Entwurf/ Dokument	Dokument, in dem der Art. behandelt wird	Fundstelle im Dokument
BR/173/72	165a	BR/178/72	Rdn. 11-13
BR/199/72	166	BR/219/72	Rdn. 135

Dokumente der MDK

E 1972	169	M/132/III/R 1	S. 10
"	169	M/146/R 7	Art. 170

MUNICH DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE

FOR THE SETTING UP OF A EUROPEAN SYSTEM FOR THE GRANT OF PATENTS

- 1973 -

Munich, 30 September 1973 M/ 146/R 7 Original: English/French/German

CONFERENCE DOCUMENT

Drawn up by : General Drafting Committee Subject : Convention : Articles 167 to 178

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Article 169

Initial contribution

(1) Unchanged from 1972 published text

(2) Concerns the German text only.

(3) Unchanged from 1972 published text

W/132/III/R 1 prk

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MUNICH DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE FOR THE SETTING UP OF A EUROPEAN SYSTEM FOR THE GRANT OF PATENTS

- 1973 -

Munich, 25 September 1973

M/132/III/R 1

Original: English/French/Semian

TEXTS DRAWN UP BY

THE BRAFTING COMMITTEE OF MAIN COMMITTEE III AT THE MEETING ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1973

Articles of the Convention: Articles 35 36 41 44 45 47 43 146 169

Artikel 168

Inkrafttreten (1) Dieses Übereinkommen tritt in Kraft drei Monate nach Hinterlegung der letzten Ratifikations- oder Beitrittsurkunde von sechs Staaten, in deren Hoheitsgebiet im Jahre 1970 insgesamt mindestens 180000 Patentanmeldungen für die Gesamtheit dieser Staaten eingereicht wurden. (2) Jede Ratifikation oder jeder Beitritt nach Inkrafttreten dieses Übereinkommens wird am ersten Tag des dritten Monats nach der Hinterlegung der Ratifikationsoder Beitrittsurkunde wirksam.

Artikel 169

Aufnahmebeitrag (1) Jeder Staat, der nach Inkrafttreten dieses Übereinkommens das Übereinkommen ratifiziert oder ihm beitritt, hat der Organisation einen Aufnahmebeitrag zu zahlen, der nicht zurückgezahlt wird. (2) Der Aufnahmebeitrag beträgt 5 % des Betrags, der in der Weise errechnet wird, daß die sich für den betreffenden Staat ergebende Prozentzahl des in Artikel 38 Absätze 3 und 5 vorgesehenen Aufbringungsschlüssels, die zu dem Zeitpunkt gilt, zu dem die Ratifikation oder der Beitritt wirksam wird, auf die Summe der von den übrigen Vertragsstaaten bis zum Abschluß des diesem Zeitpunkt vorangehenden Haushaltsjahrs geschuldeten besonderen Finanzbeiträge angewendet wird. (3) Werden besondere Finanzbeiträge für das Haushaltsjahr, das dem in Absatz 2 genannten Zeitpunkt vorausgeht, nicht mehr gefordert, so ist der in Absatz 2 genannte Aufbringungsschlüssel derjenige, der auf den betreffenden Staat auf der Grundlage des letzten Jahrs, für das besondere Finanzbeiträge zu zahlen waren, anwendbar gewesen wäre.

Artikel 170

Geltungsdauer des Übereinkommens Dieses Übereinkommen wird auf unbegrenzte Zeit geschlossen.

Revision

(1) Dieses Übereinkommen kann durch Konferenzen der Vertragsstaaten revidiert werden. (2) Die Konferenz wird vom Verwaltungsrat vorbereitet und einberufen. Sie ist nur beschlußfähig, wenn mindestens drei Viertel der Vertragsstaaten auf ihr vertreten sind. Die revidierte Fassung des Übereinkommens bedarf zu ihrer Annahme der Dreiviertelmehrheit der auf der Konferenz vertretenen Vertragsstaaten, die eine Stimme abgeben. Stimmenthaltung gilt nicht als Stimmabgabe.

Article 168

Entry into force (1) This Convention shall enter into force three months after the deposit of the last instrument of ratification or accession by six States on whose territory the total number of patent applications filed in 1970 amounted to at least 180,000 for all the said States. (2) Any ratification or accession after the entry into force of this Convention shall take effect on the first day of the third month after the deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession.

Article 169

Initial contribution (1) Any State which ratifies or accedes to this Convention after its entry into force shall pay to the Organisation an initial contribution, which shall not be refunded. (2) The initial contribution shall be 5 % of an amount calculated by applying the percentage obtained for the State in question, on the date on which ratification or accession takes effect, in accordance with the scale provided for in Article 38, paragraphs 3 and 5, to the sum of the special financial contributions due from the other Contracting States in respect of the accounting periods preceding the date referred to above. (3) In the event that special financial contributions were not required in respect of the accounting period immediately preceding the date referred to in paragraph 2, the scale of contributions referred to in that paragraph shall be the scale that would have been applicable to the State concerned in respect of the last year for which financial contributions were required.

Article 170

Duration of the Convention The present Convention shall be of unlimited duration.

Revision

(1) This Convention may be revised by a Conference of the Contracting States. (2) The Conference shall be prepared and convened by the Administrative Council. The Conference shall not be deemed to be validly constituted unless at least threequarters of the Contracting States are represented at it. In order to adopt the revised text there must be a majority of three-quarters of the Contracting States represented and voting at the Conference. Abstentions shall not be considered as votes.

ÜBER DIE EINFÜHRUNG EINES EUROPÄISCHEN PATENTERTEILUNGSVERFAHRENS 1973

(München, 10. September bis 6. Oktober 1973)

MUNICH DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE

FOR THE SETTING UP OF A EUROPEAN SYSTEM FOR THE GRANT OF PATENTS, 1973 (Munich, 10 September to 6 October 1973)

CONFERENCE DIPLOMATIQUE DE MUNICH

POUR L'INSTITUTION D'UN SYSTÈME EUROPÉEN DE DÉLIVRANCE DE BREVETS (1973) (Munich, 10 septembre - 6 octobre 1973)

VORBEREITENDE DOKUMENTE

ausgearbeitet von der Regierungskonferenz über die Einführung eines europäischen Patenterteilungsverfahrens herausgegeben von der Regierung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

PREPARATORY DOCUMENTS

drawn up by the Inter-Governmental Conference for the setting up of a European System for the Grant of Patents and published by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany

DOCUMENTS PRÉPARATOIRES

élaborés par la Conférence intergouvernementale pour l'institution d'un système européen de délivrance de brevets et publiés par le Gouvernement de la République fédérale d'Allemagne

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Article 158 134. The Conference decided that the advances for the first accounting period (Article 158, paragraph 2) should also attract interest and that if Contracting States did not pay them when they fell due, they should pay interest on arrears.

Article 166 135. The Conference fixed the initial contribution to be paid by a State acceding to the Convention after its entry into force (Article 166) at 5 % of the amount calculated in paragraph 2. The square brackets in paragraph 2 were therefore deleted.

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INTER-GOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE FOR THE SETTING UP OF A EUROPEAN SYSTEM FOR THE GRANT OF PATENTS

Brussels, 26 September 1972 BR/219/72

- Secretariat -

MINUTES of the

6th meeting of the Inter-Governmental Conference for the setting up of a European System for the Grant of Patents (Luxembourg, 19 to 30 June 1972)

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Article 166 (165a) Initial contribution (1) Any State which ratifies or accedes to this Convention after its entry into force shall pay to the Organisation an initial contribution, which shall not be refunded. (2) The initial contribution shall be [5%] of an amount calculated by applying the percentage obtained for the State in question, on the date on which ratification or accession takes effect, in accordance with the scale provided for in Article 38, paragraph 3, to the sum of the special financial contributions due from the other Contracting States in respect of the accounting periods preceding the date referred to above. (3) In the event that special financial contributions were not required in respect of the accounting period immediately preceding the date referred to in paragraph 2, the scale of contributions referred to in that paragraph shall be the scale that would have been applicable to the State concerned in respect of the last year for which financial contributions were required.

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INTER-GOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE FOR THE SETTING UP OF A EUROPEAN SYSTEM FOR THE GRANT OF PATENTS

Brussels, 25 May 1972 BR/199/72

- Secretariat -

Deutsches Patentamt Eing. 3 1. MA1 1372

DRAFT CONVENTION ESTABLISHING A EUROPEAN SYSTEM FOR THE GRANT OF PATENTS

(Stage reached on 20 May 1972)

BR/199 e/72

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the percentage, and in favour of a fixed percentage already laid down by the Convention. Several suggestions, ranging from 1 % to 8 %, having been submitted, the Working Party agreed to insert between square brackets the figure of 5 %, arrived at by compromise, and the Conference would be required to reach a final decision.

- The United Kingdom delegation noted that certain difficulties could arise with regard to the calculation of the total amount of contributions paid by the other States. Firstly, it would be preferable to refer, not to contributions paid, but contributions due. Secondly, if accession took place within a financial year, there could be uncertainty as to the dates on which the contributions of the various States were due. To lessen such difficulties, the United Kingdom proposed that the calculation should be based on the amounts due in the financial years prior to the date of accession.

Finally, the Working Party recorded its agreement on a system based on the German delegation's formula and which took into account the remarks made by the other delegations, it being understood that the percentage required for determining the initial contribution would have to be laid down in the Convention.

Article 171a (Financial rights and obligations of a Contracting State which ceases to be a party to the Convention) 14. No delegation raised objections regarding the principle laid down in paragraph 1 concerning the reimbursement of the special financial contributions to a State which ceased to be party to the Convention.

BR/178 e/72 eld/PA/prk

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13. The Working Party then attempted to determine the criteria by which the amount of the initial contribution should be calculated. It was immediately ruled out that this could be an amount fixed in each case as a result of negotiations between the Administrative Council and the Applicant State.

The German delegation suggested that this amount should be determined by calculating a percentage of the total contributions which the State in question would have had to pay if it had acceded from the beginning.

When this suggestion was, in principle, received favourably by most of the delegations, the German delegation gave details of this system, proposing that the following procedure be adopted: (i) that the total of the amounts paid by the date of the new State's accession by the States already parties to the Convention should be calculated; (ii) that the scale for the special financial contributions which would have been applicable on that date to the Applicant State should be applied to this amount; (iii) that the amount to be paid by this State should be determined by multipping the amount arrived at in (ii) by a percentage within a bracket of 3 % to 5 %, to be decided by the Administrative Council.

Several observations were made regarding this:

- The majority of the delegations were opposed to the Administrative Council's having the power to determine

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by the German delegation, the Working Party decided to delete the last sentence of paragraph 1, which was superfluous in view of paragraph 1(b) of Article 35b, and to insert the term of office of the Auditors in the first sentence.

Article 165a (Initial contribution) 11. The Working Party examined the question whether States which accede to the Convention after its entry into force should pay an "entry fee" in addition to their special contributions from the date of their accession.

The Working Party considered first the question of principle, as to whether such an initial contribution should be provided for.

The majority of the delegations gave an affirmative reply. It was pointed out, in particular, that it seemed fair to request an initial contribution, since States which accede after the entry into force of the Convention would benefit from the investments already made and work already done by the other States. 12. On the other hand, it was emphasized that, the principle of the contribution having been agreed, the amount of the latter should be calculated in such a way as not to discourage the accession of applicant States: with this in mind, the majority of the delegations favoured an amount situated somewhere between a symbolic sum and the exact amount which the acceding State would have had to pay if it had acceded when the Convention first took effect. Furthermore, it was agreed that this would be a single, non-reimbursable payment.

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INTER-GOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE FOR THE SETTING UP OF A EUROPEAN SYSTEM FOR THE GRANT OF PATENTS

Brussels, 11th April 1972 BR / 178 / 72

- Secretariat -

M I N U T E S

of the 4th meeting of Working Party IV (Luxembourg, 22 to 24 February 1972)

1. Working Party IV held its 4th meeting at Luxembourg from 22 to 24 February 1972, with Mr E. ARMITAGE, ComptrollerGeneral of the Patent Office, London, in the Chair.

A representative of the International Patent Institute at The Hague attended the meeting as an observer. Representatives of WIPO, the Commission of the European Communities and the General Secretariat of the Council of Europe sent their apologies for being unable to be present. (1) 2. The Working Party adopted the provisional agenda contained in BR/GT IV/46/72. (1) The list of participants is annexed.

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Article 165a Initial contribution

(1) Any State which ratifies or accades to this Convention after its entry into force shall pay to the European Patent Office an initial contribution, which shall not be refunded.

(2) The contribution referred to in paragraph 1 shall be £5

(3) In the event that special financial contributions were not required in respect of the accounting period immediately preceding the date referred to in paragraph 2, the scale of contributions referred to in that paragraph shall be the scale that would have been applicable to the State concerned in respect of the last year for which financial contributions were required.

BR/173 c/72 prk

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INTER-GOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE FOR THE SETTING UP OF A EUROPEAN SYSTEM FOR THE GRANT OF PATENTS

Luxembourg, 25 February 1972 BR/173/72

- Secretariat -

SECOND PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF A CONVENTION ESTABLISHING A EUROPEAN SYSTEM FOR THE GRANT OF PATENTS

Articles 35b 35a 41 44 45 52 52b 52d 165a 171a

drawn up by Working Party IV (22 to 24 February 1972)

BR/173 e/72 prk

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Article 170

Initial contribution

(1) Any State which ratifies or accedes to this Convention after its entry into force shall pay to the Organisation an initial contribution, which shall not be refunded.

(2) The initial contribution shall be 5

(3) In the event that special financial contributions were not required in respect of the accounting period immediately preceding the date referred to in paragraph 2, the scale of contributions referred to in that paragraph shall be the scale that would have been applicable to the State concerned in respect of the last year for which financial contributions were required.