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    
C. The EPO as an International Searching Authority (ISA) - PCT Chapter I B. The EPO as a PCT receiving Office D. The EPO as an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) - PCT Chapter II
I. General   II. The procedure before the EPO as ISA
Competence of the EPO as an ISA Late payment of fees Specification by the receiving Office

Competence of the EPO as an ISA


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The EPO's competence as an ISA is in principle universal, ie not restricted to international applications from eg EPC contracting states. As set out hereafter, this does not mean that the EPO will act as ISA for any international application (see point 65 ff).

Art. 16 PCT

R. 35 PCT
Agreement EPO-WIPO, Art. 3(1)

OJ 2001, 601

WIPO PCT Guide 268
Art. 154 EPC



 
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