Abstract
This chapter discusses the origin and structure of European Patent Organization. The European Patent Organization is an intergovernmental organization set up to grant European patents. In any contracting State European patents granted for that state have the same effect as the country's national patents. The legal basis is the Convention on the Grant of European Patents of October 5, 1973. The Organizations headquarters are in Munich. The European Patent Organization consists of the European Patent Office, which is the executive arm, and the Administrative Council, which supervises the operation of the European Patent Office. The contracting states are Austria, Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The national patent grant procedures have not been superseded by the European procedure, but continue to operate offering the applicant a choice.
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