Current EPO Member Countries
April 2009
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Norway and Croatia joined the EPC (European Patent Convention) with effect from 1 January 2008.
There are thus 34 member states available for designation under a European patent application as and from 1 January 2008:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.