Central industrial property office

Patent- och registreringsverket

Box 5055

10242 STOCKHOLM

Tel. (+ 46 8) 782 25 00

Fax (+ 46 8) 666 02 86

www.prv.se

prv@prv.se

1 Applicant can choose between EPO and national authorities (subject to column 2)

Yes

§ 80(2) PA

2 Applications which must be filed with national authorities

Defence inventions which have been made in Sweden or belong to a person domiciled in Sweden or to a Swedish legal person must be filed at the SE Patent Office or submitted to the "Granskningsnämnden för försvarsuppfinningar" (Defence inventions examination committee).

Defence Invention Act

3 Languages in which European patent applications must or may be filed with national authorities

All the languages pursuant to Art. 14(1) and (2) EPC

4 Official language(s)

Swedish

5 Special features

Applications may also be filed by facsimile.*

* See decision of the President of the EPO and notice from the EPO: OJ EPO 1992, 299 and 306.