第99条异议

（1）在欧洲专利公报公告授予欧洲专利起9个月内，任何人都可以根据实施细则向欧洲专利局对该专利提出异议请求。缴纳异议费后，异议请求才应当视为递交。

（2）异议应当适用于该欧洲专利已生效的所有缔约国。

（3）异议者和专利所有人是异议程序的当事人。

（4）如果有人提供证据证明其根据最终判决已经在一缔约国取代了原所有人而在该缔约国的专利登记簿上登记，则根据该人的请求，其可以替代该缔约国的原所有人。尽管有第118条的规定，除双方共同请求外，原所有人和该请求人不得视为共有所有人。

(1)Within nine months of the publication ofthe mention of the grant of the European patent in the European PatentBulletin, any person may give notice to the European Patent Office ofopposition to that patent, in accordance with the Implementing Regulations.Notice of opposition shall not be deemed to have been filed until theopposition fee has been paid.

(2)The opposition shall apply to the Europeanpatent in all the Contracting States in which that patent has effect.

(3)Opponents shall be parties to theopposition proceedings as well as the proprietor of the patent.

(4)Where a person provides evidence that in aContracting State, following a final decision, he has been entered in thepatent register of such State instead of the previous proprietor, such personshall, at his request, replace the previous proprietor in respect of suchState. Notwithstanding Article 118,the previous proprietor and the person making the request shall not be regardedas joint proprietors unless both so request.

第100条异议理由

异议只能基于下述理由提出：

（a）根据第52到57条，欧洲专利的客体不应授予专利。

（b）欧洲专利没有对发明做出清楚、完整的说明，使得本领域技术人员无法实施。

（c）欧洲专利的客体超出了原申请的内容，或者根据分案申请或者根据第61条递交的新申请授予的专利超出了在先申请的内容。

Opposition may only be filed on the grounds that:

(a)the subject-matter of the European patentis not patentable under Articles 52 to 57;

(b)the European patent does not disclose theinvention in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for it to be carried outby a person skilled in the art;

(c)the subject-matter of the European patentextends beyond the content of the application as filed, or, if the patent wasgranted on a divisional application or on a new application filed under Article 61,beyond the content of the earlier application as filed.

第101条异议的审查——欧洲专利的撤销或维持

（1）如果异议可以受理，异议部应根据实施细则审查是否存在第100条规定的至少一条理由有损欧洲专利的维持。在审查中，异议部应该在必要的情况下要求当事人就对方的意见或自己的意见陈述理由。

（2）如果异议部认为至少有一条理由有损欧洲专利的维持，应当撤销专利。否则，应当驳回异议。

（3）考虑在异议程序中欧洲专利权人所做的修改，如果异议部认为：

（a）修改后的专利和与专利有关的发明符合本公约的规定，在符合实施细则规定的条件下，异议部应当决定维持修改后的专利；

（b）修改后的专利和与专利有关的发明不符合本公约的要求，异议部应当撤销该专利。

(1)If the opposition is admissible, theOpposition Division shall examine, in accordance with the ImplementingRegulations, whether at least one ground for opposition under Article 100 prejudicesthe maintenance of the European patent. During this examination, the OppositionDivision shall invite the parties, as often as necessary, to file observationson communications from another party or issued by itself.

(2)If the Opposition Division is of theopinion that at least one ground for opposition prejudices the maintenance ofthe European patent, it shall revoke the patent. Otherwise, it shallreject the opposition.

(3)If the Opposition Division is of theopinion that, taking into consideration the amendments made by the proprietorof the European patent during the opposition proceedings, the patent and theinvention to which it relates

(a)meet the requirements of thisConvention, it shall decide to maintain the patent as amended, provided thatthe conditions laid down in the Implementing Regulations are fulfilled;

(b)do not meet the requirements of thisConvention, it shall revoke the patent.

第102条（删除）

Article 102 (deleted)

第103条欧洲专利新说明书的公布

如果根据第101条第3（a）款维持了欧洲专利，欧洲专利局应当在欧洲专利公报上公告异议决定之后尽快出版新欧洲专利说明书。

If the European patent is maintained as amended under Article 101,paragraph 3(a), the European Patent Office shall publish a newspecification of the European patent as soon as possible after the mention ofthe opposition decision has been published in the European Patent Bulletin.

第104条费用

（1）除异议部为了公平起见，按照实施细则的规定要求当事人承担不同的费用外，异议程序中的当事人应当承担自己发生的费用。

（2）实施细则应当规定确定费用的程序。

（3）为了在缔约国实施，欧洲专利局确定费用数额的任何最终决定应当与实施即将发生的缔缔约国的民事法院的最终判决按照同样的方式处理。这类决定的核实仅限于其真实性。

(1)Each party to the opposition proceedingsshall bear the costs it has incurred, unless the Opposition Division, forreasons of equity, orders, in accordance with the Implementing Regulations, adifferent apportionment of costs.

(2)The procedure for fixing costs shall belaid down in the Implementing Regulations.

(3)Any final decision of the European PatentOffice fixing the amount of costs shall be dealt with, for the purpose ofenforcement in the Contracting States, in the same way as a final decisiongiven by a civil court of the State in which enforcement is to take place.Verification of such decision shall be limited to its authenticity.

第105条推定侵权人的参与

（1）根据实施细则的规定，任何第三人在异议期满后，只要符合下述条件，就可以参与到异议程序中：

（a）已就同一专利对其提起侵权诉讼，或者

（b）在专利所有人请求停止被诉侵权行为后，第三人起诉请求裁定其不侵犯专利权。

（2）可受理的参与应作为异议处理。

(1)Any third party may, in accordance withthe Implementing Regulations, intervene in opposition proceedings after theopposition period has expired, if the third party proves that  

(a)proceedings for infringement of thesame patent have been instituted against him, or

(b)following a request of the proprietorof the patent to cease alleged infringement, the third party has institutedproceedings for a ruling that he is not infringing the patent.

(2)An admissible intervention shall betreated as an opposition.

第105a条限制或撤销的请求

（1）根据专利权人的请求，欧洲专利可以被撤销或者通过修改权利要求而被限制。请求应当根据实施细则向欧洲专利局递交。在缴纳限制或者撤销费后，请求才视为递交。

（2）在关于欧洲专利的异议程序未决的情况下，不得递交请求。

(1)At the request of the proprietor, theEuropean patent may be revoked or be limited by an amendment of the claims. Therequest shall be filed with the European Patent Office in accordance with theImplementing Regulations. It shall not be deemed to have been filed until thelimitation or revocation fee has been paid.

(2)The request may not be filed whileopposition proceedings in respect of the European patent are pending.

第105b条欧洲专利的限制或撤销

（1）欧洲专利局应当审查是否符合实施细则关于限制或撤销欧洲专利的要求。

（2）如果欧洲专利局认为欧洲专利的限制或撤销请求符合要求，应当根据实施细则决定限制或撤销欧洲专利。否则，应当驳回请求。

（3）限制或撤销欧洲专利的决定适用于专利已经被授权的所有缔约国。决定自欧洲专利公报上公告之日起生效。

(1)The European Patent Office shall examinewhether the requirements laid down in the Implementing Regulations for limitingor revoking the European patent have been met.

(2)If the European Patent Office considersthat the request for limitation or revocation of the European patent meetsthese requirements, it shall decide to limit or revoke the European patent inaccordance with the Implementing Regulations. Otherwise, it shall rejectthe request.

(3)The decision to limit or revoke theEuropean patent shall apply to the European patent in all the ContractingStates in respect of which it has been granted. It shall take effect on thedate on which the mention of the decision is published in the European PatentBulletin.

第105c条修改后的欧洲专利说明书的公布

如果根据第105b条第2款限制了欧洲专利，欧洲专利局应当在欧洲专利公报公告限制之后尽快出版修改后的欧洲专利说明书。

If the European patent is limited under Article 105b,paragraph 2, the European Patent Office shall publish theamended specification of the European patent as soon as possible after themention of the limitation has been published in the European Patent Bulletin.