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Under the Commission's proposals, holders of European patents would be allowed to apply to the European Patent Office for unitary patent protection covering the participating 25 Member States
On 8 March 2011, the European Court of Justice handed down its Opinion No 109, in which it found that the proposed agreement on the community patents court is not compatible with the provisions of the European Union Treaties
Twelve EU Member States have addressed a formal request to the European Commission indicating that they wish to establish a limited unitary patent between themselves
