Serbia accedes to the European Patent Convention

On 15 July 2010, the Government of the Republic of Serbia (RS) deposited its instrument of accession to the European Patent Convention (EPC).

The EPC will accordingly enter into force for Serbia on 1 October 2010.

The European Patent Organisation will thus comprise the following 38 member states from 1 October 2010:

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.

Further information concerning the effects of this accession and Serbia's national provisions for the implementation of the EPC will be published on the homepage of the European Patent Office www.european-patent-office.org respectively in the Official Journal of the European Patent Office.