Decision of the Select Committee of the Administrative Council of 23 March 2022 amending Rule 16 of the Rules relating to Unitary Patent Protection (SC/D 1/22)
THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISATION,
Having regard to Regulations (EU) No 1257/2012 and No 1260/2012,
Having regard to Rule 2(1)(a) of the Rules relating to Unitary Patent Protection,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Rule 16(1) of the Rules relating to Unitary Patent Protection shall be amended as follows:
Subparagraph (w) shall read as follows:
"information regarding a place of business of the applicant on the date of filing of the application for the European patent pursuant to Article 7, paragraph 1(b), Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012, which may be provided by the proprietor of the European patent together with the request for unitary effect referred to in Rule 6;".
Article 2
Rule 16 of the Rules relating to Unitary Patent Protection as amended under Article 1 of this decision shall enter into force on the date of application of Regulations (EU) No 1257/2012 and No 1260/2012 in accordance with Article 18, paragraph 2, of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 and Article 7, paragraph 2, of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2012.
Done at Munich, 23 March 2022
For the Select Committee of the Administrative Council
The Chairperson
Jérôme DEBRULLE