Meanwhile, the modern patent system first established in UK, which earned its influence on the American law of patent and the European patent convention, become an important blueprint for constructing the global rule of patent system. 同时,英国首次制定的现代专利制度体系通过对美国专利法和欧洲专利公约(EPC)的影响,成为全球化专利制度体系规则构建的重要蓝本之一。
European Patent Office is the executive organ of European Patent Convention(EPC), having set up Receiving Section, Search Divisions, Examining Divisions, Opposition Divisions, Legal Divisions, Boards of Appeal and Enlarged Board of Appeal. 欧洲专利局是欧洲专利组织的执行机构,下设受理处、检索部、审查部、异议部、法律部、上诉委员会、扩大上诉委员会。