Guide for Applicants - Part 2:How to get a European patent: C. The EPO as an International Searching Authority (ISA) - PCT Chapter I, I. General, Representation before the EPO as ISA

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

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

D. The EPO as an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) - PCT Chapter II

I. General

Representation before the EPO as ISA

Partnership between the EPO, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM) and the Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV) for conducting international searches

Representation before the EPO as ISA

74	Applicants may be represented before the EPO as ISA by the agent appointed on filing the international application and having the right to practise before the receiving Office, ie the agent for the international phase (see point 8).

Art. 49 PCT

R. 90.1(b) and 90.1(d) PCT

WIPO PCT Guide 410 - 423

An applicant may also appoint an agent to represent him specifically before the EPO in its capacity as ISA. Moreover, the agent appointed for the international phase - and thus including representation before the ISA - may appoint a sub-agent to represent the applicant specifically before the EPO as ISA.

Any agent specifically appointed before the EPO as ISA must be entitled to practise before the EPO (see point 30).

The requirements in respect of filing a separate power of attorney or a copy of a general power of attorney have been waived by the EPO as ISA (see point 32).