Member States of the European Patent Office

At present, the European Special Bureau has 38 member countries, covering the whole EU region and 10 countries outside the EU. The early 65,438+09 countries were Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Britain, Cyprus and Finland. The Bureau has 40,465,438+0 staff from the above-mentioned countries. Its working places are Munich, Germany, The Hague, the Netherlands, Vienna, Austria and Berlin, Germany. The main body of the organization and most of its staff are concentrated in Munich and The Hague, with Munich 1.830 and The Hague1.686,5438+0.

European patents cover 40 countries, and these countries can only obtain regional patents (not national patents). Countries that can obtain regional patents in addition to or instead of national patents are not included in the European patent design, but European patents can be extended to 1 (European patent extension countries) European patents (European Patent Office, English, 38 countries under the agreement, 2 extension countries, Europe). After authorization, you need to register in the designated country. BE Belgium AL Albania4 Albania Babonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina CY Cyprus AT Austria ME Montenegro Monteny Goro (Montenegro) FR France France BG Bul. Garia Bulgaria RS Serbia9 Sabia GR Greece CH Switzerland IE Ireland CZ Czech Czech IT Italy Germany LV Latvia DK Denmark Denmark Denmark MC Monaco Mo takes high EE Estonia м Malta Esspin Spain NL Netherlands Finland SI Slovenia GB UK HR Croatia HU Hungary IS Iceland LI Liechtenstein Lt. Lithuania LU Luxembourg Luxembourg MK The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 5 Macedonia NO Norway PL Poland PT Portugal Portugal Grapes Romania Serbia Serbia Sweden Slovakia SM San Marino 7 San Marino TR Turkey