Article 44

The applicant may divide the application by declaring that some of the goods or services included in the original application will be the subject of one or more divisional applications. The goods or services in the divisional application shall not overlap with the goods or services which remain in the original application or those which are included in other divisional applications. The declaration of division shall not be admissible: if, where an opposition has been entered against the original application, such a divisional application has the effect of introducing a division amongst the goods or services against which the opposition has been directed, until the decision of the Opposition Division has become final or the opposition proceedings are finally terminated otherwise; during the periods laid down in the Implementing Regulation. The declaration of division must comply with the provisions set out in the Implementing Regulation. The declaration of division shall be subject to a fee. The declaration shall be deemed not to have been made until the fee has been paid. The division shall take effect on the date on which it is recorded in the files kept by the Office concerning the original application. All requests and applications submitted and all fees paid with regard to the original application prior to the date on which the Office receives the declaration of division are deemed also to have been submitted or paid with regard to the divisional application or applications. The fees for the original application which have been duly paid prior to the date on which the declaration of division is received shall not be refunded. The divisional application shall preserve the filing date and any priority date and seniority date of the original application.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.