As from 11 May 2009 the Agreement on Application of Article 65 of the European Patent Convention (London Protocol) has come into force in Lithuania.

      

      The London Protocol establishes the reservation of the European Patent Convention – the members of the Convention which have ratified this Protocol undertake not to require the translation of the whole European patent to the national language, if it has been published in one of the official languages of the European Patent Office – English, French or German. Moreover, the Member States of the Convention, whose national language is not the official language of the European Patent Office, undertake not to require the translation of all documents of the European patent, but only the translation of the claim of the European patent.

      

      The European patent is the patent issued by the European Patent Office following the unified procedure under the European Patent Convention. The applicant may obtain the European patent by filling in the European patent application, which is then examined by the European Patent Office. In Lithuania the applications may be submitted through the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania.