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How to get a European patent
A. General overview
B. The EPO as a PCT receiving Office
C. The EPO as an International Searching Authority
D. The EPO as an International Preliminary Examining Authority
E. Euro-PCT procedure before the EPO as a designated or elected Office
Annexes
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Euro-PCT application
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An international application for which the European Patent Office is a designated Office (see points 35 and 156), and which has been accorded an international filing date has the effect of a regular European application. Such an international application, being equivalent to a regular European patent application, is usually referred to as a 'Euro-PCT application''.
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Art. 11(3) PCT
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Annex II contains a chart illustrating the various phases of a Euro-PCT application with the most important time limits.
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PCT Newsletter 10/2004, 2
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