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Any European divisional application must be filed in the language of the proceedings of the earlier application from which it is divided. However, where advantage is taken of Art. 14(2), the divisional application may be filed in the official language of the applicant's State (admissible non-EPO language, see VIII, 1.1) used for the earlier application but must then be translated into the language of the proceedings for the earlier application. The period for filing the translation is one month from the filing of the divisional application if that period expires later than the period referred to in Rule 6(1), first sentence (see VIII, 1.1); the same period applies for a new European patent application filed under Art. 61(1)(b).
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Rule 4
Rule 6(1)
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