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

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

II. The procedure before the EPO as ISA

I. General

I. General

II.	The procedure before the EPO as ISA

Establishing the ISR and WO-ISA

International publication

Access to the WO-ISA

Amendments and informal comments

When may the EPO refuse to conduct a (full) search?

Business methods

Complex applications

Nucleotide and amino acid sequences

Lack of unity of invention

No payment of additional fee(s)

Protest procedure