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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
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Signature
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130
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The demand must be signed by the applicant or if there is more than one applicant by all applicants. If the signature of one or more applicants is missing, the EPO as IPEA will not invite the applicant(s) to furnish the missing signature(s) provided that at least one of the applicants has signed the demand.
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R. 53.2(b), 53.8, 60.1(a-ter), 90.3 PCT
WIPO PCT Guide 354
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A (common) agent or common representative may sign the demand on behalf of the applicant(s) who appointed him (see point 9).
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Where the demand is signed by a (common) agent the EPO as IPEA will not invite the applicant(s) to file a (separate) power of attorney - if not already on file - or a copy of a general power of attorney since the EPO has waived these requirements (see point 128).
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R. 90.4, 90.5 PCT
OJ 2004, 305
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