Guidelines for Examination:PART A: CHAPTER IV SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Guidelines for Examination
PART A
CHAPTER IV SPECIAL PROVISIONS

E / D / F

CHAPTER III EXAMINATION OF FORMAL REQUIREMENTS

CHAPTER III EXAMINATION OF FORMAL REQUIREMENTS

CHAPTER V COMMUNICATING THE FORMALITIES REPORT; AMENDMENT OF APPLICATION; CORRECTION OF ERRORS

CHAPTER V COMMUNICATING THE FORMALITIES REPORT; AMENDMENT OF APPLICATION; CORRECTION OF ERRORS

1. European divisional applications (see also C-VI, 9.1)

1.1 General remarks

1.1.1 When may a divisional application be filed?

1.1.2 Persons entitled to file a divisional application

1.2 Date of filing of a divisional application; claiming priority

1.2.1 Date of filing

1.2.2 Claiming priority

1.3 Filing a divisional application

1.3.1 Where to file a divisional application?

1.3.2 Request for grant

1.3.3 Language requirements

1.3.4 Designation of Contracting States

1.3.5 Extension States

1.4.1 Filing, search and designation fees

1.4.2 Claims fees

1.4.3 Renewal fees

1.5 Designation of the inventor

1.6 Authorisations

1.7 Other formalities examination

1.8 Further procedure

2. Art. 61 applications

2.2 Suspension of the proceedings for grant

2.3 Resumption of the proceedings for grant

2.4 Interruption of time limits

2.5 Limitation of the option to withdraw the European patent application

2.6 Prosecution of the application by a third party

2.7 Filing a new application

2.8 Refusal of the earlier application

2.9 Partial transfer of right by virtue of a final decision

3. Display at an exhibition

3.1 Certificate of exhibition; identification of invention

3.2 Defects in the certificate or the identification

4. Applications relating to biological material

4.1 Biological material; deposit thereof

4.2 Missing information; notification

4.3 Availability of deposited biological material to expert only

5. Applications relating to nucleotide and amino acid sequences

6. Conversion into a national application