Recently released EP register for patstat, is a snapshot of the dataset where the European Patent
Office stores all the publicly available
information it has on European patent
applications.
Among other interesting pieces of information, we find also two tables containing data about licensing of patents:
REG111_LICENSEE: Licensee
This table contains information about licensees and rights in rem (R.23 and R.24 EPC).
REG112_LICENSEE_STATES: License state
A license might be valid for all states which are covered by a patent, or only by a subset of these countries. In the latter case this table lists the countries for which the license is valid.
It is not specified how good is the coverage.
Some other information sources state:
Formal requirements for registration of licences
- Application must have been published- Formal request must be filed by an interested party
- Fee for each application must be paid
- Evidence
- Copy of any official document or extract thereof or
- Declaration signed by both parties
- Patent has not already been granted
- Last date on which a licence may be recorded is the date of mention of the grant in the
European Patent Bulletin (J 17/91, OJ EPO 1994, 225)
- After grant, responsibility for registration of licences is transferred to the national offices.
What is in detail an evidence:
Signature of the parties
European patent application number concerned
Contracting states for which the licence applies
Any language (Rule 3(1)EPC), but EPO may require a translation into one of its official languages.
Exclusive licence and sub-licence Rule 24 EPC
A licence is recorded as an exclusive licence if both licensor and licensee agree to the indication being shown in the Register (Rule 24(1)EPC)
A licence is recorded as a sub-licence if it is granted by a licensee whose licence is recorded in the Register (Rule 24(2)EPC)
In sintesys a license is mentioned in register if:
- Formal request is filed
- Evidence signed by both parties
- The fee is paid
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