Guide for Applicants - Part 2:How to get a European patent: E. Euro-PCT procedure before the EPO as a designated (PCT Chapter I) or elected (PCT Chapter II)..., II. What must the applicant do to initiate the European phase?

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

E. Euro-PCT procedure before the EPO as a designated (PCT Chapter I) or elected (PCT Chapter II)...

D. The EPO as an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) - PCT Chapter II

II. What must the applicant do to initiate the European phase?

II.	What must the applicant do to initiate the European phase?

Minimum requirements

Amounts of fees to be paid in the European phase

Language of the proceedings in the European phase

How and where should the applicant initiate the procedure before the EPO as a designated/elected Office (Form 1200)?

Representation - Requirements specific to applicants with neither residence nor place of business in an EPC contracting state (non-resident applicants) (Form 1200, Sections 2 and 3)

How to appoint a representative - Authorisation

Which version of the Euro-PCT application is taken as the basis for the procedure before the EPO as a designated/elected Office (Form 1200, Section 6)?

Amending the application before the EPO as designated or elected Office

Amendments and claims fees

When must the applicant file a translation of the Euro-PCT application (Form 1200, Section 7)?

What are the legal consequences of not filing a translation?

What the translation must include

Biological material (Form 1200, Section 8)

Nucleotide and amino acid sequences (Form 1200, Section 9)

Which fees must the applicant pay to the EPO?

National basic fee

Non-observance of the time limit for payment of the national basic fee

Designations and designation fees (Form 1200, Section 10)

Payment of designation fees

Time limit for payment of designation fees

Non-observance of the time limit for payment of designation fees

Extension and extension fees (Form 1200, Section 11)

Non-observance of the time limit for payment of extension fees

Supplementary European search

No supplementary European search is performed

A supplementary European search is performed

Information on supplementary European search

Search fee for supplementary European search

Reduction of the search fee

Non-observance of the time limit for payment of the search fee

Claims fee

Non-observance of the time limit for payment of the claims fee

How to file the request for examination (Form 1200, Section 4)

When must the request for examination be filed? When must the examination fee be paid?

Result of supplementary search and refund of examination fee

Reduction of the examination fee

Reduction if IPER was issued by the EPO

Non-observance of the time limit for filing the request for examination and for payment of the examination fee

Renewal fees