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EPC Rules

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.1 EPC Written proceedings

X R.2 EPC Filing of and formal requirements for documents

X R.3 EPC Language in written proceedings

X R.4 EPC Language in oral proceedings

X R.5 EPC Certification of translations

X R.6 EPC Filing of translations and reduction of fees

X R.7 EPC Legal authenticity of the translation of the European patent application

X R.8 EPC Patent classification

X R.9 EPC Administrative structure of the European Patent Office

X R.10 EPC Responsibility of the Receiving Section and the Examining Division

X R.11 EPC Allocation of duties to the departments of first instance

X R.12 EPC (deleted)

X R.12a EPC Rule 12a Organisation and management of the Boards of Appeal Unit and President of the Boards of Appeal

X R.12b EPC Rule 12b Presidium of the Boards of Appeal and business distribution scheme for the Boards of Appeal

X R.12c EPC Rule 12c Boards of Appeal Committee and procedure for adoption of the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal and of the Enlarged Board of Appeal

X R.12d EPC Rule 12d Appointment and re-appointment of the members, including the Chairmen, of the Boards of Appeal and of the Enlarged Board of Appeal

X R.13 EPC Business distribution scheme for the Enlarged Board of Appeal

X R.14 EPC Stay of proceedings

X R.15 EPC Limitation on withdrawals

X R.16 EPC Procedure under Article 61, paragraph 1

X R.17 EPC Filing of a new European patent application by the entitled person

X R.18 EPC Partial transfer of the right to the European patent

X R.19 EPC Designation of the inventor

X R.20 EPC Publication of the mention of the inventor

X R.21 EPC Rectification of the designation of an inventor

X R.22 EPC Registration of transfers

X R.23 EPC Registration of licences and other rights

X R.24 EPC Special entries for licence registrations

X R.25 EPC Certificate of exhibition

X R.26 EPC General and definitions

X R.27 EPC Patentable biotechnological inventions

X R.28 EPC Exceptions to patentability

X R.29 EPC The human body and its elements

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.35 EPC General provisions

X R.36 EPC European divisional applications

X R.37 EPC Forwarding of European patent applications

X R.38 EPC Filing fee and search fee

X R.39 EPC Designation fees

X R.40 EPC Date of filing

X R.41 EPC Request for grant

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.45 EPC Claims incurring fees

X R.46 EPC Form of the drawings

X R.47 EPC Form and content of the abstract

X R.48 EPC Prohibited matter

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

X R.50 EPC Documents filed subsequently

X R.51 EPC Payment of renewal fees

X R.52 EPC Declaration of priority

X R.53 EPC Priority documents

X R.54 EPC Issuing priority documents

X R.55 EPC Examination on filing

X R.56 EPC Missing parts of the description or missing drawings

X R.57 EPC Examination as to formal requirements

X R.58 EPC Correction of deficiencies in the application documents

X R.59 EPC Deficiencies in claiming priority

X R.60 EPC Subsequent designation of the inventor

X R.61 EPC Content of the European search report

X R.62 EPC Extended European search report

X R.62a EPC Rule 62a Applications containing a plurality of independent claims

X R.63 EPC Incomplete search

X R.64 EPC European search report where the invention lacks unity

X R.65 EPC Transmittal of the European search report

X R.66 EPC Definitive content of the abstract

X R.67 EPC Technical preparations for publication

X R.68 EPC Form of the publication of European patent applications and European search reports

X R.69 EPC Information about publication

X R.70 EPC Request for examination

X R.70a EPC Rule 70a Response to the extended European search report

X R.70b EPC Rule 70b Request for a copy of search results

X R.71 EPC Examination procedure

X R.71a EPC Rule 71a Conclusion of the grant procedure

X R.72 EPC Grant of the European patent to different applicants

X R.73 EPC Content and form of the specification

X R.74 EPC Certificate for a European patent

X R.75 EPC Surrender or lapse of the patent

X R.76 EPC Form and content of the opposition

X R.77 EPC Rejection of the opposition as inadmissible

X R.78 EPC Procedure where the proprietor of the patent is not entitled

X R.79 EPC Preparation of the examination of the opposition

X R.80 EPC Amendment of the European patent

X R.81 EPC Examination of opposition

X R.82 EPC Maintenance of the European patent in amended form

X R.83 EPC Request for documents

X R.84 EPC Continuation of the opposition proceedings by the European Patent Office of its own motion

X R.85 EPC Transfer of the European patent

X R.86 EPC Documents in opposition proceedings

X R.87 EPC Content and form of the new specification of the European patent

X R.88 EPC Costs

X R.89 EPC Intervention of the assumed infringer

X R.90 EPC Subject of proceedings

X R.91 EPC Responsibility for proceedings

X R.92 EPC Requirements of the request

X R.93 EPC Precedence of opposition proceedings

X R.94 EPC Rejection of the request as inadmissible

X R.95 EPC Decision on the request

X R.96 EPC Content and form of the amended European patent specification

X R.97 EPC Appeal against apportionment and fixing of costs

X R.98 EPC Surrender or lapse of the patent

X R.99 EPC Content of the notice of appeal and the statement of grounds

X R.100 EPC Examination of appeals

X R.101 EPC Rejection of the appeal as inadmissible

X R.102 EPC Form of decision of the Board of Appeal

X R.103 EPC Reimbursement of appeal fees

X R.104 EPC Further fundamental procedural defects

X R.105 EPC Criminal acts

X R.106 EPC Obligation to raise objections

X R.107 EPC Contents of the petition for review

X R.108 EPC Examination of the petition

X R.109 EPC Procedure in dealing with petitions for review

X R.110 EPC Reimbursement of the fee for petitions for review

X R.111 EPC Form of decisions

X R.112 EPC Noting of loss of rights

X R.113 EPC Signature, name, seal

X R.114 EPC Observations by third parties

X R.115 EPC Summons to oral proceedings

X R.116 EPC Preparation of oral proceedings

X R.117 EPC Decision on taking of evidence

X R.118 EPC Summons to give evidence before the European Patent Office

X R.119 EPC Examination of evidence before the European Patent Office

X R.120 EPC Hearing by a competent national court

X R.121 EPC Commissioning of experts

X R.122 EPC Costs of taking of evidence

X R.123 EPC Conservation of evidence

X R.124 EPC Minutes of oral proceedings and of taking of evidence

X R.125 EPC General provisions

X R.126 EPC Notification by postal services

X R.127 EPC Notification by means of electronic communication

X R.128 EPC Notification by delivery by hand

X R.129 EPC Public notification

X R.130 EPC Notification to representatives

X R.131 EPC Calculation of periods

X R.132 EPC Periods specified by the European Patent Office

X R.133 EPC Late receipt of documents

X R.134 EPC Extension of periods

X R.135 EPC Further processing

X R.136 EPC Re-establishment of rights

X R.137 EPC Amendment of the European patent application

X R.138 EPC Different claims, description and drawings for different States

X R.139 EPC Correction of errors in documents filed with the European Patent Office

X R.140 EPC Correction of errors in decisions

X R.141 EPC Information on prior art

X R.142 EPC Interruption of proceedings

X R.143 EPC Entries in the European Patent Register

X R.144 EPC Parts of the file excluded from inspection

X R.145 EPC Procedures for the inspection of files

X R.146 EPC Communication of information contained in the files

X R.147 EPC Constitution, maintenance and preservation of files

X R.148 EPC Communications between the European Patent Office and the authorities of the Contracting States

X R.149 EPC Inspection of files by or via courts or authorities of the Contracting States

X R.150 EPC Procedure for letters rogatory

X R.151 EPC Appointment of a common representative

X R.152 EPC Authorisations

X R.153 EPC Attorney-client evidentiary privilege

X R.154 EPC Amendment of the list of professional representatives

X R.155 EPC Filing and transmission of the request for conversion

X R.156 EPC Information to the public in the event of conversion

X R.157 EPC The European Patent Office as a receiving Office

X R.158 EPC The European Patent Office as an International Searching Authority or International Preliminary Examining Authority

X R.159 EPC The European Patent Office as a designated or elected Office – Requirements for entry into the European phase

X R.160 EPC Consequences of non-fulfilment of certain requirements

X R.161 EPC Amendment of the application

X R.162 EPC Claims incurring fees

X R.163 EPC Examination of certain formal requirements by the European Patent Office

X R.164 EPC Unity of invention and further searches

X R.165 EPC The Euro-PCT application as conflicting application under Article 54, paragraph 3