Guide for Applicants - Part 2
How to get a European patent
  

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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


 
Guide for Applicants - Part 2    
B. The EPO as a PCT receiving Office A. General overview C. The EPO as an International Searching Authority (ISA) - PCT Chapter I

B.

The EPO as a PCT receiving Office


 
Where may an international application be filed?

How and where to file if the EPO is receiving Office

Filing direct or by post

Fax filing

Filing further documents

Acknowledgement of receipt

E-filing

Online filing

Filing on a physical medium

PCT-EASY filing

Divisional applications

The PCT request

Who may file with the EPO as receiving Office?

Designation of inventor

Agent or common representative

How to appoint an agent

Waiver

Appointment of agent for European phase with the EPO as receiving Office

For which states may international applications be filed?

Non-designation

Extension

Priority claim

The International Searching Authority (ISA)

Documents to be filed with the EPO acting as a receiving Office

Applications in the field of biotechnology

Signature

Language of the international application

Fees

Amounts of fees

Reductions

Late payment of fees

Index:How to get a European patentHow to get a European patentA. General overviewC. The EPO as an International Searching Authority (ISA) - PCT Chapter I

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