(1) Any treaty providing for the grant of regional patents ("regional patent treaty"), and giving to all persons who, according to Article 9, are entitled to file international applications the right to file applications for such patents, may provide that international applications designating or electing a State party to both the regional patent treaty and the present Treaty may be filed as applications for such patents.
(1) Vsaka pogodba, ki določa izdajo regionalnega patenta ("pogodba o regionalnem patentu") in ki vsakomur, ki je po 9. členu pooblaščen, da vlaga mednarodne prijave, daje pravico, da vlaga prijave, s katerimi se zahteva izdaja takih patentov, lahko določa, da se lahko mednarodne prijave, v katerih je imenovana ali izbrana kaka država članica omenjene pogodbe o regionalnem patentu in te pogodbe, vložijo zaradi izdaje regionalnih patentov.