Montenegro 39th EPC Contracting State as of October 1st 2022

Montenegro 39th EPC Contracting state as of October 1st 2022
From October 1st, Montenegro is the 39th member state of the European Patent Organisation. Montenegro already was a extension state since 2010, a state where you could get protection if you requested so on time (and an extra payment). Only Bosnia and Herzegovina is now still a extension state. On the map below you will find all EPC member states. In blue the validation states, where you can validate a patent based on your EP. (Source and photo credits epo.org)

Full list EPC member states
Albania (AL), Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), Croatia (HR), Cyprus (CY), Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Estonia (EE), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Greece (GR), Hungary (HU), Iceland (IS), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Latvia (LV), Liechtenstein (LI), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Malta (MT), Monaco (MC), Montenegro (ME) Netherlands (NL), North Macedonia (MK), Norway (NO), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), San Marino (SM), Serbia (RS), Slovakia (SK), Slovenia (SI), Spain (ES), Sweden (SE), Switzerland (CH), Turkey (TR) and United Kingdom (GB).