Translation of the international application

120 If neither the language in which the international application was filed nor the language in which the application was published is one of the official languages of the EPO (English, French or German), the applicant must file a translation in one of these languages with the EPO as IPEA.

R. 55.2 PCT WIPO PCT Guide 332, 334 OJ 1993, 540

This situation occurs if the international application was filed in Spanish, and the Spanish patent office acted as ISA. However, if the international application was filed in Spanish but the EPO acted as ISA, the applicant need not furnish a translation to the EPO as IPEA. In such cases the international preliminary examination will be carried out on the basis of the translation furnished for the purposes of international search (see point 71).

121 The applicant must also file a translation of any amendments to the international application if he wishes them to be taken into account for the international preliminary examination.

R. 53.9, 55.3, 66.9 PCT WIPO PCT Guide 381