A.75 EPC Filing of a European patent application

(1)

A European patent application may be filed:

with the European Patent Office, or

(b)

if the law of a Contracting State so permits, and subject to Article 76, paragraph 1, with the central industrial property office or other competent authority of that State. Any application filed in this way shall have the same effect as if it had been filed on the same date with the European Patent Office.

(2)

Paragraph 1 shall not preclude the application of legislative or regulatory provisions which, in any Contracting State:

(a)

govern inventions which, owing to the nature of their subject-matter, may not be communicated abroad without the prior authorisation of the competent authorities of that State, or

(b)

prescribe that any application is to be filed initially with a national authority, or make direct filing with another authority subject to prior authorisation.

[ Art. 76 120 130 153 R. 35 41 133 134 147 ]

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

See decision of the President of the EPO, Special edition No. 3, OJ EPO 2007, A.1.

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/ar75.html

Date retrieved: 24 November 2017

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EPC Articles

X Chapter I Filing and requirements of the European patent application

X A.76 EPC European divisional applications

X A.120 EPC Time limits

X A.130 EPC Exchange of information

X A.151 EPC The European Patent Office as a receiving Office

X A.153 EPC The European Patent Office as designated Office or elected Office

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.35 EPC General provisions

X R.41 EPC Request for grant

X R.133 EPC Late receipt of documents

X R.134 EPC Extension of periods

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

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

EPO Guidelines - A Formalities Examination

X GL A II 1.1 Filing of applications by delivery by hand or by postal services

EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int. - B The EPO as a PCT receiving Office

X GA B 2 Where to file if the EPO is receiving Office?

Offical Journal of the EPO

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, p11 - Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA)

X OJ EPO SE 5/2017, p2 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 27 September 2017 concerning revision of the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes

X OJ EPO 2017, A11 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 3 January 2017 designating the EPO's filing offices

X OJ EPO 2017, A7 - List of days in 2017 on which EPO filing offices and national patent authorities of the EPC contracting states are closed

X OJ EPO 2008, 271 - Decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III A 1 of the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations

Case Law Book: IV Divisional Applications

X CLR IV A 3 and how applications may be filed

X CLR IV A 5.1 for according a date of filing