The project of Community patent was drafted by the text of the Luxembourg Convention in 1975, that did not enter into force. The Council of the European Union written the first proposals regarding the Regulation on Community patent at 1st August 2001. The last proposal was drafted on 30 October 2009.The community patent represents a unitary form of protection that will be granted by the European Patent Office under the provisions of European Patent Convention. It is mentioned that the regulation will apply to the Community patent once granted. The Community patent shall have a unitary and an autonomous character. It is necessary to establish the differences between the European patent and the Community patent. One of the differences regards the geographical area on which it is granted juridical protection.
