Guide for Applicants - Part 2:How to get a European patent: B. The EPO as a PCT receiving Office, Agent or common representative

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

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Agent or common representative

Agent or common representative

29	Any person entitled to practise before the EPO in proceedings established by the EPC may be appointed as agent for any international application filed with the EPO as receiving Office (see points 10-14).

OJ 1994, 538

30	Two categories of professional representative - agents in PCT terminology - have the right to practise before the EPO:

any professional representative entered on the relevant list maintained by the EPO,

any legal practitioner qualified to practise in patent matters in one of the EPC contracting states and who has his place of business in that state.

The directory of professional representatives can be ordered from the EPO's Vienna sub-office and consulted on the EPO website (http://www.european-patent-office.org/reps/search.html).