Eurasian Patent Convention

Eurasian Patent Convention
Parties (purple), former parties (green) and signatories that did not ratify (blue)
Signed9 September 1994 (1994-09-09)[1]
LocationMoscow, Russia
Effective12 August 1995[2]
ConditionRatification by three States[1]
Signatories10
Parties8 (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan)[2][3]
DepositaryDirector-General of WIPO[1]
LanguageRussian[1][3]

The Eurasian Patent Convention (EAPC; Russian: Евразийская патентная конвенция) is an international patent law treaty instituting both the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) and the legal system pursuant to which Eurasian patents are granted.[1] It was signed on 9 September 1994 in Moscow, Russia, and entered into force on 12 August 1995.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Eurasian Patent Convention". Eurasian Patent Organization. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "History of the Eurasian patent organization". Eurasian Patent Organization. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Accessing patent information published in Russia – Part 1: Eurasian Patent Office" (PDF). Patent Information News. 2016 (2). European Patent Office: 12–14. June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2016.