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The European Patent Organisation has the task of granting European patents. Despite what the name suggests, these are not European Community patents or even Europe-wide patents. The European Patent Convention, according to which the European Patent Organisation was established, provides a single patent grant procedure, but not yet a single patent on the point of view of enforcement. After grant, the European patent becomes equivalent to a number ("bundle") of national patents.
The European Patent Organisation is not legally bound to the European Union.
See the Article of the European Patent Convention for history of the EPOrg.
The European Patent Organisation has its seat at Munich, Germany.
The European Patent Organisation has two organs: the European Patent Office, which can be viewed as its executive body, and the Administrative Council, which can be considered as its legislative body to a limited extent, the actual legislative body for important matters being the Contracting States.
The European Patent Office (EPO or EPOff in order to distinguish it from the European Patent Organisation) can be viewed as the executive body of the European Patent Organisation.
The EPOff headquarters are located at Munich, Germany, with a branch in Rijswijk (suburb of The Hague, Netherlands) and sub-offices in Berlin, Germany, and Vienna, Austria.
The European Patent Office is directed by a president. Here is the list of former, current and future presidents of the European Patent Office:
The official languages of the European Patent Office are EnglishThe English language is a West Germanic language, originating from England. It is the third most common "first" language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the mil, FrenchFrench le francais la langue francaise is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered only by Spanish and Portuguese. French is the 11th most spoken language in the world, spoken by about 77 million people (called Francophones) as a mother to and German.
The EPOff includes a Receiving Section, responsible for the examination on filing and the examination as to formal requirements of European patent applications, search Divisions, responsible for drawing up European search reports, Examining Divisions, responsible for the examination of European patent applications, Opposition Divisions, responsible for the examination of oppositions against any European patent, a Legal Division, Boards of Appeal, responsible for the examination of appeals and an Enlarged Board of Appeal.
The EPOff does not include any court which can take decisions on infringement matter. National jurisdictions are competent for infringement matter regarding European patents.
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