community patent convention

Community Patent Convention. A 1975 treaty that, for patent purposes, treats the European Union as a single state and allows a patent applicant to obtain patent protection in all European Union nations through a single blanket filing and examination procedure. • If the application is approved, the European Patent Office issues a single Community patent. The treaty’s full name is the Convention for the European Patent for the Common Market.

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