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The authority with which you file your application acknowledges receipt without delay by sending you page 6 of the Request for Grant (see Supplements), on which it notes the date it received the application documents and the number of the application.
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Guid. A-II, 3.1
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On request, the EPO will also issue telex or fax acknowledgement that it has received your documents, provided that
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you enclose the request for telex or fax acknowledgement with your documents
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you indicate the postal, telex or fax address to which the acknowledgement is to be sent, and
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you provide evidence of payment of the prescribed administrative fee (see Annex VII) or enclose a debit order.
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If you file online, receipt is acknowledged electronically during the submission session. If you file on CD-R, receipt is acknowledged by post.
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OJ 2002, 545, item 8
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C. Preparing and filing a European patent application
Date of receipt
Applications filed with national authorities and forwarded to the EPO
