GL-PCT FOREWORD 3.1 Annex I: EPC-PCT concordance table

Articles

EPC

PCT

Comments

Rule 39.1 PCT,
Rule 67.1 PCT

Rule 39.1 PCT,
Rule 67.1 PCT

Rule 9.1(i) PCT,
Rule 9.1(ii) PCT

Rule 39.1(ii) PCT,
Rule 67.1(ii) PCT

Rule 39.1 PCT,
Rule 67.1 PCT

Rule 64.2 PCT (prior use), Rule 33.1(a), (b) and (c) PCT

prior use, except that there is no provision for purely oral disclosure

Rule 64.3 PCT,
Rule 70.10 PCT

intermediate/conflicting documents

Art. 27(5) PCT,
Art. 27(6) PCT, Rule 4.17(v) PCT, Rule 51bis.1(a)(v) PCT

Art. 29(1) PCT,
Art. 29(2) PCT

No equivalent

Rule 64.1(b) PCT

Art. 122(1) EPC

Rule 26bis.3 PCT,
Rule 49ter.2 PCT

Art. 123(2) EPC

Art. 19(2) PCT, Art. 34(2)(b) PCT

Art. 128(1) EPC

unpublished applications not available for inspection

Art. 128(4) EPC

designated and elected Offices may allow access to files of international applications (EPO as elected Office allows access to preliminary examination files after completion of the IPER, OJ EPO 2003, 382)

No equivalent

Art. 28(1) PCT,
Art. 41(1) PCT

Rules

EPC

PCT

Comments

Rule 5.1(a) PCT

Rule 5.1(b) PCT

Rule 6.3(a) PCT

Rule 43(1)(a) EPC

Rule 6.3(b)(i) PCT

Rule 43(1)(b) EPC

Rule 6.3(b)(ii) PCT

Rule 6.4(a) (part), (b) and (c) PCT

Rule 6.1(a) PCT,
Rule 6.1(b) PCT

Rule 6.2(a) PCT

Rule 6.2(b) PCT

Rule 11.6(c) PCT,
Rule 11.11 PCT,
Rule 11.13 PCT

Rule 46(2)(i) EPC

Rule 11.13(l) and (m) PCT

Rule 46(2)(j) EPC

Rule 9.1(i) - (iv) PCT

Rule 49(10) EPC

Rule 10.1(a), (b), (d) and (e) PCT

Rule 49(11) EPC

Rule 134(5) EPC

Rule 82quater PCT

Rule 26bis.3 PCT,
Rule 49ter.2 PCT

Rule 137(2) EPC

Art. 19(1) PCT, Art. 34(2)(b) PCT, Rule 66.4 PCT

Rule 137(3) EPC

Art. 34(2)(b) PCT, Rule 66.3(a) PCT, Rule 66.4 PCT, Rule 66.4bis PCT

No equivalent

Art. 7(2)(ii) PCT,
Rule 7 PCT

No equivalent

derives from practice

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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X A.52 EPC Patentable inventions

X A.53 EPC Exceptions to patentability

X A.54 EPC Novelty

X A.55 EPC Non-prejudicial disclosures

X A.56 EPC Inventive step

X A.57 EPC Industrial application

X A.67 EPC Rights conferred by a European patent application after publication

X A.69 EPC Extent of protection

X A.76 EPC European divisional applications

X A.82 EPC Unity of invention

X A.83 EPC Disclosure of the invention

X A.84 EPC Claims

X A.87 EPC Priority right

X A.88 EPC Claiming priority

X A.89 EPC Effect of priority right

X A.122 EPC Re-establishment of rights

X A.123 EPC Amendments

X A.128 EPC Inspection of files

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.30 EPC Requirements of European patent applications relating to nucleotide and amino acid sequences

X R.31 EPC Deposit of biological material

X R.32 EPC Expert solution

X R.33 EPC Availability of biological material

X R.34 EPC New deposit of biological material

X R.42 EPC Content of the description

X R.43 EPC Form and content of claims

X R.44 EPC Unity of invention

X R.46 EPC Form of the drawings

X R.48 EPC Prohibited matter

X R.49 EPC General provisions governing the presentation of the application documents

X R.134 EPC Extension of periods

X R.136 EPC Re-establishment of rights

X R.137 EPC Amendment of the European patent application

EPO PCT GL - F (not assigned)

X GL-PCT FOREWORD

X GL-PCT FOREWORD 3 Annexes

PCT Articles

X A.5 PCT The Description

X A.6 PCT The Claims

X A.7 PCT The Drawings

X A.8 PCT Claiming Priority

X A.19 PCT Amendment of the Claims Before the International Bureau

X A.27 PCT National Requirements

X A.28 PCT Amendment of the Claims, the Description, and the Drawings, Before Designated Offices

X A.29 PCT Effects of the International Publication

X A.30 PCT Confidential Nature of the International Application

X A.33 PCT The International Preliminary Examination

X A.34 PCT Procedure Before the International Preliminary Examining Authority

X A.41 PCT Amendment of the Claims, the Description, and the Drawings, Before Elected Offices

PCT Implementing Rules

X R.4 PCT The Request (Contents)

X R.5 PCT The Description

X R.6 PCT The Claims

X R.7 PCT The Drawings

X R.9 PCT Expressions, Etc., Not to Be Used

X R.10 PCT Terminology and Signs

X R.11 PCT Physical Requirements of the International Application

X R.13 PCT Unity of Invention

X R.13bis PCT Inventions Relating to Biological Material

X R.26bis PCT Correction or Addition of Priority Claim

X R.33 PCT Relevant Prior Art for the International Search

X R.39 PCT Subject Matter under Article 17(2)(a)(i)

X R.49ter PCT Effect of Restoration of Right of Priority by Receiving Office; Restoration of Right of Priority by Designated Office

X R.51bis PCT Certain National Requirements Allowed under Article 27

X R.64 PCT Prior Art for International Preliminary Examination

X R.65 PCT Inventive Step or Non-Obviousness

X R.66 PCT Procedure before the International Preliminary Examining Authority

X R.67 PCT Subject Matter under Article 34(4)(a)(i)

X R.70 PCT International Preliminary Report on Patentability by the International Preliminary Examining Authority (International Preliminary Examination Report)

X R.94 PCT 12 Access to Files