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A.78 EPC Requirements of a European patent application

(1)

A European patent application shall contain:

(a)

a request for the grant of a European patent;

(b)

a description of the invention;

(c)

one or more claims;

(d)

any drawings referred to in the description or the claims;

(e)

an abstract,

and satisfy the requirements laid down in the Implementing Regulations.

A European patent application shall be subject to the payment of the filing fee and the search fee. If the filing fee or the search fee is not paid in due time, the application shall be deemed to be withdrawn.

[ Art. 79 80 83 85 90 121 R. 6 17 31 33 36 38 50 135 139 ]

Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.

See notice from the EPO (OJ EPO 2016, A20).

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/ar78.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X Chapter I Filing and requirements of the European patent application

X A.79 EPC Designation of Contracting States

X A.80 EPC Date of filing

X A.83 EPC Disclosure of the invention

X A.84 EPC Claims

X A.85 EPC Abstract

X A.90 EPC Examination on filing and examination as to formal requirements

X A.121 EPC Further processing of the European patent application

EPC Implementing Rules

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

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

X R.31 EPC Deposit of biological material

X R.32 EPC Expert solution

X R.33 EPC Availability of biological material

X R.36 EPC European divisional 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.57 EPC Examination as to formal requirements

X R.135 EPC Further processing

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

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

EPC Rules relating to Fees

X A. 2 Rfees EPC Fees provided for in the Convention and in the Implementing Regulations

EPO Guidelines - A Formalities Examination

X GL A III 10.1 General remark

X GL A III 13.1 Payment of fees

X GL A III 13.2 Additional fee (if application documents comprise more than thirty-five pages)

X GL A III 15 Late filing of claims

X GL A III 16.2 Period allowed for remedying deficiencies

X GL A IV 1.1.1 Pendency of the earlier application

X GL A VI 2.2 Time limit for filing the request for examination

X GL A X 9.2.1 Conditions

EPO Guidelines - B Search

X GL B IV 1.2 Formal deficiencies

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

X GL E IX 2.1.1 Requirements for entry into the European phase

EPO Guidelines - F The European Patent Application

X GL F II 1 General

X GL F IV 1 General

EPO Guidelines - H Amendments and Corrections

X GL H IV 2.2.1 Features described in a document cross-referenced in the description

EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int. - C The EPO as ISA and SISA

X GA C5.2.2 5.2.2.

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 3/2020, p1 - Rules relating to Fees of 20 October 1977 as adopted by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 7 December 2006 and as last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of [..]

X OJ EPO 2020, A30 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 March 2020 concerning search and examination fees

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

X OJ EPO 2020, A3 - Decision of the Administrative Council of 12 December 2019 amending Articles 2 and 7 of the Rules relating to Fees ( CA/D 12/19 )

X OJ EPO SE 3/2019, p1 - Rules relating to Fees of 20 October 1977 as adopted by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 7 December 2006 and as last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of [..]

X OJ EPO SE 2/2018, p1 - Rules relating to Fees of 20 October 1977 as adopted by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 7 December 2006 and as last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of [..]

X OJ EPO 2018, A26 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 March 2018 concerning search and examination fees

X OJ EPO 2018, A4 - Decision of the Administrative Council of 13 December 2017 amending Articles 2 and 14 of the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 17/17)

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 2016, A20 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 February 2016 concerning search and examination fees

X OJ EPO 2012, 212 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 6 February 2012 concerning search and examination fees

X OJ EPO 2010, 133 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 8 February 2010 concerning search and examination fees

X OJ EPO 2008, 130 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 11 February 2008 concerning search and examination fees

Case Law Book: IV Divisional Applications

X CLR IV A 6 Examination of formal requirements

X CLR IV A 6.1 Requirements of a European patent application (Article 78 EPC)

X CLR IV A 6.2 Designation of the inventor

General Case Law

X J 0019/13 (Deficiency concerning the signature on the request for grant) of 30.5.2016

X T 0246/08 (Seismic sensor/SCHLUMBERGER) of 14.8.2008

X T 0690/09 (TCP offloading and uploading/BROADCOM) of 12.5.2010

X T 2355/09 (Multiple login methods/ACTIVCARD) of 4.7.2014