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European Patent Convention

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Collection of Laws for Electronic Access

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European Union (EU)

Belgium

De Wet op de uitvindingsoctrooien van 28 maart 1984

La loi du 28 mars 1984 sur les brevets d’invention

Dienst voor de Intellectuele Eigendom

BE Wiki page

Netherlands

Rijksoctrooiwet

wetten.overheid.nl Search for Rijksoctrooiwet

Octrooi Centrum Nederland

NL Wiki page

France

patent law

Germany

Das deutsche Patentgesetz

Deutsche Patent- und Markenambt

DE Wiki page

Sweden

Swedish Patent Law

Swedish Patent Office

Swedish Court of Patent Appeals (CPA)

SE Wiki page

UK

UK Patent Law

UK Patent Law (Jenkins)

More on UK Patent Law (Jenkins)

UK Patent Office

UK Wiki page

European Patent Convention (EPC), non EU

Bulgaria

(will join EU in 2007)

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Monaco

Romania

(will join EU in 2007)

Switzerland

Turkey

Non EPC

India

Japan

United States

Patent Act