Guide for Applicants - Part 2:How to get a European patent: D. The EPO as an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) - PCT Chapter II, I. General, Specification by the receiving Office

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

Annexes

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 international preliminary examination procedure before the EPO as an IPEA

Specification by the receiving Office

Specification by the receiving Office

106

The EPO acts as an IPEA for any application, on condition that the receiving Office with which the international application was filed has specified the EPO as IPEA. A list of countries which have not specified the EPO as IPEA (and ISA) is provided in point 65. Up-to-date information is available in WIPO PCT Guide Vol. 1/D and on the WIPO website (see point 2).

Art. 32 PCT

Agreement EPO-WIPO, Art. 3(2), (3)

OJ 2001, 601

107	Where the international application was filed with the IB, the EPO is competent as IPEA if the international application could have been filed with a receiving Office which has specified the EPO as IPEA.