Where and how to file
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After you have filed a European patent application, you may file other documents as referred to in Rule 36 EPC with the EPO (preferably its branch at The Hague) directly or by post.
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R. 36(5)
OJ 1992, 299, 306
Guid. A-IX, 2.5
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Apart from authorisations and priority documents, you may also file them by telegram, telex or fax. In grant proceedings, documents other than priority documents may also be filed electronically.
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OJ 2003, 609
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If you filed the application with a national authority, you may likewise file all other documents relating to the application with that authority, subject to any restrictions under national law, but only until the date on which you receive notification that the EPO has received your application. Once you have received this notification, you must file any such documents with the EPO direct.
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R. 24(4)
Guid. A-II, 3.2
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C. Preparing and filing a European patent application
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