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R.40 EPC Date of filing

(1)

The date of filing of a European patent application shall be the date on which the documents filed by the applicant contain:

(a)

an indication that a European patent is sought;

(b)

information identifying the applicant or allowing the applicant to be contacted; and

(c)

a description or reference to a previously filed application.

(2)

A reference to a previously filed application under paragraph 1(c) shall state the filing date and number of that application and the Office with which it was filed. Such reference shall indicate that it replaces the description and any drawings.

(3)

Where the application contains a reference under paragraph 2, a certified copy of the previously filed application shall be filed within two months of filing the application. Where the previously filed application is not in an official language of the European Patent Office, a translation thereof in one of these languages shall be filed within the same period. Rule 53, paragraph 2, shall apply mutatis mutandis.

[ Art. 14 54 60 66 78 79 80 83 84 90 R. 30 41 42 43 49 55 56 143 ]

See decision/opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 2/95, G 4/98 (Annex I).

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/r40.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X A.14 EPC Languages of the European Patent Office, European patent applications and other documents

X A.54 EPC Novelty

X A.60 EPC Right to a European patent

X A.66 EPC Equivalence of European filing with national filing

X A.78 EPC Requirements of a 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.90 EPC Examination on filing and examination as to formal requirements

EPC Implementing Rules

X Chapter I Filing of the European patent application

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

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

X R.38 EPC Filing fee and search fee

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

X R.53 EPC 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.135 EPC Further processing

X R.143 EPC Entries in the European Patent Register

EPO Guidelines - A Formalities Examination

X GL A II 4.1 Minimum requirements for according a date of filing

X GL A II 4.1.3.1 Reference to a previously filed application

X GL A II 4.1.4 Deficiencies

X GL A II 4.1.5 Date of filing

X GL A III 3.2.1 Physical requirements of applications filed by reference to a previously filed application

X GL A III 9 Claims fee

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

X GL A III 14 Translation of the application

X GL A III 15 Late filing of claims

X GL A IV 1.2.1 Date of filing

X GL A IV 1.3.1 Where and how to file a divisional application?

X GL A IV 4.1.2 The application was filed by reference to a previously filed application

X GL A IV 5.2 Sequence listings of an application filed by reference to a previously filed application

X GL A IV 5.3 Sequence listings of a divisional application

X GL A VII 1.2 Filing by reference

X GL A VII 7 Correction and certification of the translation

X GL A VIII 2.2 Replacement documents and translations

X GL A X 9.2.2 Reduction of the filing fee

EPO Guidelines - B Search

X GL B IV 1.2 Formal deficiencies

X GL B VI 5.1 Verification of claimed priority date(s)

X GL B XI 2.2 Applications containing claims filed after the accorded date of filing

EPO Guidelines - D Opposition and Limitation/Revocation Procedures

X GL D V 6.1 Basis of this ground for opposition

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

X GL E VIII 2 Further processing

EPO Guidelines - F The European Patent Application

X GL F III 6.3 Deposit of biological material

X GL F VI 1.1 Filing date as effective date

X GL F VI 1.4.1 Subsequent application considered as first application

X GL F VI 3.3 Certified copy of the previous application (priority document)

EPO Guidelines - H Amendments and Corrections

X GL H IV 2.3.1 Applications filed by reference to an earlier application

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 1/2021, p111 - XI.1 - Filing of patent applications and other documents by facsimile

X OJ EPO SE 1/2020, p104 - XI.1 - Filing of patent applications and other documents by facsimile

X OJ EPO SE 4/2019, p32 - Annex A.2 to the ADA - Information from the EPO concerning the automatic debiting procedure

X OJ EPO SE 1/2019, p88 - XI.1 - Filing of patent applications and other documents by facsimile

X OJ 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

X OJ EPO SE 1/2018, p106 - XI.6 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 September 2014 [ 1 ] concerning the filing of documents using the EPO web-form filing service

X OJ EPO SE 1/2018, p102 - XI.5 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 11 March 2015 [ 1 ] concerning the filing of documents using the EPO case management system

X OJ EPO SE 1/2018, p93 - XI.2 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 November 2015 [ 1 ] concerning the electronic filing of documents

X OJ EPO SE 1/2018, p88 - XI.1 - Filing of patent applications and other documents by facsimile

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 4/2017, p2 - BOARD OF APPEAL AND ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW 2015/2016

X OJ EPO SE 1/2017, p107 - XI.6 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 September 2014 [ 1 ] concerning the filing of documents using the EPO web-form filing service

X OJ EPO SE 1/2017, p103 - XI.5 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 11 March 2015 [ 1 ] concerning the filing of documents using the EPO case management system

X OJ EPO SE 1/2017, p94 - XI.2 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 November 2015 [ 1 ] concerning the electronic filing of documents

X OJ EPO SE 1/2017, p89 - XI.1 - Filing of patent applications and other documents by facsimile

X OJ EPO 2013, 194 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 23 July 2012 G 1/10

X OJ EPO 2009, 486 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 14 September 2009 concerning the filing of a certified copy of an earlier application to which reference is made

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

X OJ EPO 2009, 182 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 26 February 2009 concerning the electronic filing of documents

X OJ EPO 2009, 170 - Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 17 December 2007 J 3/06 3.1.01

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

X CLR II E 1.2.1 Description, claims and drawings

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III V 4.1 Filing of the authorisation

X CLR III F 1 Language of filing and date of filing of a European patent application

Case Law Book: IV Divisional Applications

X CLR IV A 1 Introduction

X CLR IV A 5.1 Requirements for according a date of filing

X CLR IV A 5.2.1 Requirement for information identifying the applicant (Rule 40(1)(b) EPC)

X CLR IV A 5.4.1 Legal provisions

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0002/95 (Replacement of application documents) of 14.5.1996

X G 0004/98 (Designation fees) of 27.11.2000

General Case Law

X J 0003/06 (Transitional provisions/HEITKAMP) of 17.12.2007

X J 0010/07 (Subsequent filing of drawings/AMAZONEN-WERKE) of 31.3.2008

X J 0002/12 (Missing drawings) of 7.8.2013

X J 0015/12 (Missing drawings) of 18.2.2013

X J 0016/13 (Correction of application documents) of 22.5.2014

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