R.22 EPC Registration of transfers

(1)

The transfer of a European patent application shall be recorded in the European Patent Register at the request of an interested party, upon production of documents providing evidence of such transfer.

(2)

The request shall not be deemed to have been filed until an administrative fee has been paid. It may be rejected only if paragraph 1 has not been complied with.

(3)

A transfer shall have effect vis-à-vis the European Patent Office only at the date when and to the extent that the documents referred to in paragraph 1 have been produced.

[ Art. 71 72 127 R. 23 85 143 ]

See decisions of the President of the EPO of 21.11.2013 concerning the responsibilities of the Legal Division (OJ EPO 2013, 600) and concerning the entrustment to non-legally qualified staff of certain duties incumbent on the Legal Division (OJ EPO 2013, 601).

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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X A.71 EPC Transfer and constitution of rights

X A.72 EPC Assignment

X A.127 EPC European Patent Register

EPC Implementing Rules

X Chapter III Registration of transfers, licences and other rights

X R.23 EPC Registration of licences and other rights

X R.85 EPC Transfer of the European patent

X R.143 EPC Entries in the European Patent Register

EPO Guidelines - A Formalities Examination

X GL A IV 1.1.3 Persons entitled to file a divisional application

X GL A X 5.2.7 Fees payable for procedural and other requests

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

X GL E VIII 1.6.2.3 Scope of application of Rule 134

X GL E VIII 3.1.2 Entitlement to file the request

X GL E XIV 1 General

X GL E XIV 3 Transfer of the European patent application

X GL E XIV 4 Transfer of the European patent

X GL E XIV 6.1 Registration

X GL E XIV 6.2 Cancellation of the registration

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 1/2021, p126 - XIII.1 - Responsibilities of the Legal Division

X OJ EPO SE 4/2020, p23 - II. PATENT APPLICATION AND AMENDMENTS

X OJ EPO SE 3/2020, p20 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 29 January 2020 revising the Officeꞌs fees and expenses – OJ EPO 2020, A6 (republication)

X OJ EPO SE 1/2020, p121 - XIII.1 - Responsibilities of the Legal Division

X OJ EPO 2020, A26 - Opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 18 July 2019G 1/18

X OJ EPO 2020, A10 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 December 2019 concerning forms and publications available from the EPO

X OJ EPO 2020, A6 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 29 January 2020 revising the Officeꞌs fees and expenses

X OJ EPO SE 3/2019, p20 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 20 February 2019 revising the Officeꞌs fees and expenses – OJ EPO 2019, A14 (republication)

X OJ EPO SE 1/2019, p105 - XIII.1 - RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEGAL DIVISION

X OJ EPO 2019, A14 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 20 February 2019 revising the Officeꞌs fees and expenses

X OJ EPO SE 1/2018, p112 - XIII. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEGAL DIVISION

X OJ EPO SE 5/2017, p43 - Annex A.2 to the ADA - Information from the EPO concerning the automatic debiting procedure

X OJ EPO SE 5/2017, p22 - Annex A.1 to the ADA - Arrangements for the automatic debiting procedure (AAD) [ 1 ]

X OJ EPO SE 4/2017, p2 - BOARD OF APPEAL AND ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW 2015/2016

X OJ EPO SE 1/2017, p113 - XIII. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEGAL DIVISION

X OJ EPO 2009, 3-suppl - ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS (ADA) AND THEIR ANNEXES

Case Law Book: II Conditions to be met by an Application

X CLR II F 3.1.3 Joint applicants

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III E 6.4 Concurrent request for interruption of proceedings

X CLR III M 2.3 Transfer

X CLR III O 1 Party status as patent proprietor

X CLR III O 2.2 Universal succession

Case Law Book: V Priority

X CLR V B 3.3 ‍‍Article 112a(1) EPC – adversely affected party entitled to file a petition for review

General Case Law

X J 0016/14 (Transfer and reversal of transfer of entries in the European Patent … of 15.6.2015

X J 0017/14 (Umschreibung und RÃ¼ckumschreibung im EuropÃ¤ischen Patent-register, … of 15.6.2015

X J 0022/14 (Umschreibung und RÃ¼ckumschreibung im EuropÃ¤ischen Patent-register, … of 15.6.2015

X J 0012/16 (Umschreibung im EuropÃ¤ischen Patentregister) of 25.4.2017

X R 0001/11 () of 27.6.2011

X R 0012/14 (Right to be heard/LG DISPLAY) of 7.10.2016

X T 1855/06 () of 18.6.2009

X T 1751/07 (Nanoparticulate compositions/ELAN PHARMA) of 26.4.2012

X T 0960/08 (Transfer of opposition/VDO Automotive AG) of 1.12.2011

X T 2334/08 (Identification of delivery objects/NEXTLIMIT) of 9.8.2012

X T 0128/10 () of 10.12.2010

X T 1032/10 () of 17.1.2013

X T 2357/12 (Universal succession) of 28.11.2013

X T 1553/13 (Inadmissibility of an appeal where the appeal fee is paid after … of 20.2.2014

X T 0393/15 (Temperiertes Batteriesystem/LI-TEC) of 17.3.2017

X T 1001/15 (Triggering migration to a network access agent/ALCATEL-LUCENT) of 2.8.2018

X T 1068/15 (Migration of a network access agent/ALCATEL-LUCENT) of 2.8.2018