European patent applications may be filed in writing with the European Patent Office in Munich, The Hague or Berlin, or the authorities referred to in Article 75, paragraph 1(b).
The authority with which the European patent application is filed shall mark the documents making up the application with the date of their receipt, and issue without delay a receipt to the applicant including at least the application number and the nature, number and date of receipt of the documents.
If the European patent application is filed with an authority referred to in Article 75, paragraph 1(b), such authority shall without delay inform the European Patent Office of the receipt of the application, and, in particular, of the nature and date of receipt of the documents, the application number and any priority date claimed.
See decisions of the President of the EPO of 12.07.2007 concerning the filing of patent applications and other documents by facsimile (Special edition No. 3, OJ EPO 2007, A.3) and concerning the electronic signatures, data carriers and software to be used for the electronic filing of patent applications and other documents (Special edition No. 3, OJ EPO 2007, A.5).
See decision of the President of the EPO of 03.01.2017 designating the EPO's filing offices (OJ EPO 2017, A11) and notice from the EPO of 03.01.2017 concerning the availability of the EPO filing offices (OJ EPO 2017, A12).
See decisions of the President of the EPO concerning the electronic filing of documents and priority documents (OJ EPO 2018, A45, and OJ EPO 2018, A93) and notices from the EPO (OJ EPO 2018, A46, and OJ EPO 2018, A94).
Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/r35.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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XOJ EPO 2019, A19 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 February 2019 concerning the procedure for acknowledging receipt of international applications
XOJ EPO 2019, A18 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 20 February 2019 concerning the filing of patent applications and other documents by facsimile
XOJ EPO 2018, A94 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 November 2018 concerning the electronic filing of priority documents
XOJ EPO 2018, A93 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 November 2018 concerning the electronic filing of priority documents
XOJ EPO 2018, A46 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 9 May 2018 concerning the electronic filing of documents
XOJ EPO 2018, A45 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 9 May 2018 concerning the electronic filing of documents
XOJ EPO 2018, A17 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 30 January 2018 concerning changes to the filing options available in Belgium for European patent applications and international applications
XOJ EPO 2017, A12 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 3 January 2017 concerning the availability of the EPO filing offices