European Patent Office

Netherlands / Zuid-Holland / Rijswijk /
 office building, European Union institution, patent organization

The European Patent Office (EPO or EPOff in order to distinguish it from the European Patent Organisation) grants European patents for the Member States of the European Patent Convention. The EPO provides a single patent grant procedure, but not yet a single patent from the point of view of enforcement. Hence the patents granted are not European Community patents or even Europe-wide patents, but a bundle of national patents. The headquarters is in Munich Germany.
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Coordinates:   52°2'25"N   4°20'21"E
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