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{{Infobox treaty
| name                = Eurasian Patent Convention
| long_name           = 
| image               = EAPOparties.svg
| image_width         = 250 px
| caption             = Parties (purple), former parties (green) and signatories that did not ratify (blue)
| type                =
| date_drafted        =
| date_signed         = {{Start date|1994|09|09|df=y}}<ref name=convention/>
| location_signed     = [[Moscow]], Russia
| date_sealed         =
| date_effective      = 12 August 1995<ref name=history/>
| condition_effective = ratification by three States<ref name=convention/>
| date_expiration     =
| negotiators         = 
| signatories         = 10
| parties               = 8 ([[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Belarus]], [[Russia]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]])<ref name=history/><ref name=pin/>
| depositor           = Director-General of [[WIPO]]<ref name=convention/>
| language           =[[Russian language|Russian]]<ref name=convention/><ref name=pin/>
| wikisource          = 
}}
The '''Eurasian Patent Convention''' ('''EAPC''') ({{lang-ru|Евразийская патентная конвенция}}) is an international [[patent|patent law]] [[treaty]] instituting both the [[Eurasian Patent Organization]] (EAPO) and the legal system pursuant to which Eurasian patents are granted.<ref name=convention>{{cite web|url=http://www.eapo.org/en/documents/norm/convention_txt.html|title=Eurasian Patent Convention|work=[[Eurasian Patent Organization]]|accessdate=19 June 2016}}</ref> It was signed on 9 September 1994 in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]], and entered into force on 12 August 1995.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.eapo.org/eng/ea/patsys/history.html|title=History of the Eurasian patent organization|work=[[Eurasian Patent Organization]]|accessdate=2 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=pin>{{cite journal|date=June 2016|title=Accessing patent information published in Russia – Part 1: Eurasian Patent Office|journal=Patent Information News|publisher=European Patent Office|volume=2016|issue=2|pages=12-14|url=http://documents.epo.org/projects/babylon/eponet.nsf/0/BB3248FC776D2A93C1257FD300318EC8/$File/patent_information_news_0216_en.pdf|accessdate=19 June 2016}}</ref>

==History==
After the [[Collapse of the Soviet Union]], its successor states had no system for protection of intellectual property. A common patent system was perceived in a convention which was signed on 27 December 1991, but never entered into force.<ref name=history/>  This system would provide for a true unitary patent that "may be granted, assigned or canceled in the territory of all the Contracting States with due regard to the invention [[patentability]] criteria provided for in the USSR legislation". The second version of the convention went less far: in line with the [[European Patent Convention]],<ref name=pin/> it provided for a single evaluation phase, but after approval, it would be converted in a bundle of national patents.

==States parties==
The convention was signed by 10 states in 1994, 8 of which became members one year later upon [[ratification]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/other_treaties/parties.jsp?treaty_id=228&group_id=21|title=Treaty database: Eurasian Patent Convention (EAPO)|work=WIPO|accessdate=3 July 2012}}</ref> 
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
! Country
! Signature
! Ratification/Accession
! Denunciation
|-
| {{flag|Armenia}}
| {{dts|9 September 1994}}
| {{dts|27 November 1995}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Azerbaijan}}
| {{dts|9 September 1994}}
| {{dts|25 September 1995}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Belarus}}
| {{dts|9 September 1994}}
| {{dts|8 May 1995}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Georgia}}
| {{dts|9 September 1994}}
| 
| 
|-
| {{flag|Kazakhstan}}
| {{dts|9 September 1994}}
| {{dts|4 August 1995}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
| {{dts|9 September 1994}}
| {{dts|13 October 1995}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Moldova}}
| {{dts|9 September 1994}}
| {{dts|16 November 1995}}
| {{dts|26 April 2012}}<ref name=pin/>
|-
| {{flag|Russia}}
| {{dts|9 September 1994}}
| {{dts|27 June 1995}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Tajikistan}}
| {{dts|9 September 1994}}
| {{dts|12 May 1995}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Turkmenistan}}
| 
| {{dts|1 March 1995}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| {{dts|9 September 1994}}
| 
|
|}

== Opposition ==
An opposition can be filed against a Eurasian patent granted under the provisions of the Eurasian Patent Convention within six months from the publication of the granted patent.<ref name=pin/>

== Statistics ==
"Between 1996 and the end of 2015, approximately 43 700 Eurasian applications were filed and 22 700 Eurasian patents were granted at the EAPO."<ref name=pin/>

== See also ==
* [[European Patent Convention]] (EPC)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121227050637/http://www.eapo.org/eng/ea/documents/konvenci.html Eurasian Patent Convention (English translation, archived)] Eurasian Patent Organization
* The full text of the [http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/other_treaties/text.jsp?file_id=181190 Eurasian Patent Convention (Translation by the International Bureau of WIPO)] {{ref-en}} in the [[WIPO Lex]] database — official website of [[WIPO]].
* [http://ea.espacenet.com/?locale=en_EA Eurasian Espacenet server] - complete, searchable collection of all Eurasian patent applications and patents

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