European Patent Convention
Article 2
European patent

(1)Patents granted under this Convention shall be called European patents.

(2)The European patent shall, in each of the Contracting States for which it is granted, have the effect of and be subject to the same conditions as a national patent granted by that State, unless this Convention provides otherwise.

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