A guide to the EPC 2000 : A practitioner's guide to the new law.

I. General and institutional provisions. II. Substantive patent law. III. The european patent application. IV. Procedure up to grant. V. Opposition and limitation procedure. VI. Appeals procedure. VII. Common provisions. VIII. Impact on national law. IX. Special agreements. X. International applications under the patent co-operation treaty Euro-PCT applications. XI. Transitional provisions (deleted). XII. Final provisions.