Guide for Applicants - Part 2
How to get a European patent
 


 

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Guide for Applicants - Part 2    
D. The EPO as an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) - PCT Chapter II C. The EPO as an International Searching Authority (ISA) - PCT Chapter I E. Euro-PCT procedure before the EPO as a designated (PCT Chapter I) or elected (PCT Chapter II) Office
I. General II. The procedure before the EPO as ISA II. The international preliminary examination procedure before the EPO as an IPEA
Applications filed in Dutch Translation of the international application Language of the demand

Applications filed in Dutch


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If the EPO is IPEA for an international application originally filed in Dutch with the Dutch or Belgian Patent Office as receiving Office, it will use the published version which it has received from the IB. It should be noted that the demand and amendments must be submitted in the language of the international publication (see points 73 and 123).

R. 12.4, 55.2(b) PCT