Guide for Applicants - Part 2:How to get a European patent: B. The EPO as a PCT receiving Office, Designation of inventor

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

D / E

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

C. The EPO as an International Searching Authority (ISA) - PCT Chapter I

Designation of inventor

Who may file with the EPO as receiving Office?

Designation of inventor

It is recommended that the inventor always be identified (Box No. III, PCT request form), unless there are special reasons for not doing so. The name and address of the inventor must be furnished if the applicant wants to enter into the national phase of a state requiring that the data of the inventor be given in the request upon filing (eg the US). The consequences of non-compliance are a matter of national law. For up-to-date information on the national law of each of the PCT contracting states, see WIPO PCT Guide Vol. I/B-1 and B-2.

Art. 4(1)(v) PCT
R. 4.1(a)(iv) PCT
WIPO PCT Guide 73 - 76

In so far as the applicant aims to obtain a European patent, the data concerning the inventor may be furnished during the European phase (see point 260).

R. 111 EPC

GL/EPO A-VII, 3.4