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
II. The procedure before the EPO as ISA I. General I. General
Complex applications Business methods Partial search

Complex applications


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Furthermore, the EPO as ISA will not perform an international search if the application documents fail to comply with the prescribed requirements to such an extent that a meaningful search is impossible; these kinds of applications are often referred to as "complex applications".

Art. 17(2)(a)(ii) PCT

GL/ISPE, Ch. 9

OJ 2000, 228



 
Index:How to get a European patentII. The procedure before the EPO as ISABusiness methodsPartial search

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