Guide for Applicants - Part 2
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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 ANNEX I Terms and abbreviations
VII. Divisional applications VI. Publication of the Euro-PCT application by the EPO  

VII.

Divisional applications


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After entry into the European phase one or more European divisional applications may be filed in respect of subject-matter contained in a Euro-PCT application. The divisional application must be filed in the language of the earlier Euro-PCT application if that language is an official language of the EPO, otherwise it must be filed in the language of the translation of the earlier Euro-PCT application as furnished to the EPO (see point 199).

Art. 76 EPC

GL/EPO A-VII, 4.1