新欧洲专利制度分析.pdfVIP

Abstract Europe is the birthplace of the patent system , but also a pioneer unified European patent system. Each country of Europe has created the patent law and the patent system , the applicant may apply to obtain a patent in any European country in order to gain the patent protection from that country . However, with the strengthening of national economic and technological exchanges , the problem caused by regional patent become more serious ,and even become a major obstacle to economic development in each country. The fragmented situation on patent issues also conflict with the trend of European regionalization .To solve the problems arising from it , people began to try to coordinate and harmonize European patent system , and achieved some results , for example adopting the European Patent Convention in 1973, European Community Patent Convention , in 1975 ,and 1989 Agreement , and establishing the European Patent Office. Unfortunately, these efforts have not completely solve the core problem brought by regional patent system in Europe .Until 2012 it made a qualitative leap. On December 11, 2012 , European patent package was finally passed and signed into law on February 19, 2013 , which meaned that the new unified European patent system built. In this system, the applicant wants to obtain patent protection in Europe, he can simply submit a copy of patent application to the European Patent Office and obtain patent protection in multiple countries within the EU as needed. It was a historic decision to bring European patent a historic change , which would not only promote technological innovation and economic growth in the EU member states and the world but also possibly break the situation that U.S. and Japan dominated