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
Divisional applications PCT-EASY filing The PCT request

Divisional applications


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The PCT does not provide for the possibility of filing a divisional application. A divisional application can be filed as soon as the international application has entered the European phase.

GL/EPO A-VII, 4.1



 
Index:How to get a European patentB. The EPO as a PCT receiving OfficePCT-EASY filingThe PCT request

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