European patentmeans a patent granted by the European Patent Office (hereinafter ‘EPO’) under the rules and procedures laid down in the EPC;
European Patent Bulletinmeans the periodical publication provided for in Article 129 of the EPC.
European Patent Registermeans the register kept by the EPO under Article 127 of the EPC;
European patent with unitary effectmeans a European patent which benefits from unitary effect in the participating Member States by virtue of this Regulation;
Participating Member Statemeans a Member State which participates in enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection by virtue of Decision 2011/167/EU, or by virtue of a decision adopted in accordance with the second or third subparagraph of Article 331(1) of the TFEU, at the time the request for unitary effect as referred to in Article 9 is made;
Register for unitary patent protectionmeans the register constituting part of the European Patent Register in which the unitary effect and any limitation, licence, transfer, revocation or lapse of a European patent with unitary effect are registered;