A.76 EPC European divisional applications

(1)

A European divisional application shall be filed directly with the European Patent Office in accordance with the Implementing Regulations. It may be filed only in respect of subject-matter which does not extend beyond the content of the earlier application as filed; in so far as this requirement is complied with, the divisional application shall be deemed to have been filed on the date of filing of the earlier application and shall enjoy any right of priority.

(2)

All the Contracting States designated in the earlier application at the time of filing of a European divisional application shall be deemed to be designated in the divisional application.

[ Art. 61 75 100 128 138 R. 4 6 16 36 38 41 45 51 57 60 135 143 147 ]

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

See opinion/decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 4/98, G 1/05, G 1/06 (Annex I).

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Date retrieved: 24 November 2017

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EPC Articles

X Chapter I Filing and requirements of the European patent application

X A.61 EPC European patent applications filed by non-entitled persons

X A.75 EPC Filing of a European patent application

X A.100 EPC Grounds for opposition

X A.128 EPC Inspection of files

X A.138 EPC Revocation of European patents

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.4 EPC Language in oral proceedings

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

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.36 EPC European divisional applications

X R.38 EPC Filing fee and search fee

X R.41 EPC Request for grant

X R.45 EPC Claims incurring fees

X R.51 EPC Payment of renewal fees

X R.57 EPC Examination as to formal requirements

X R.60 EPC Subsequent designation of the inventor

X R.135 EPC Further processing

X R.143 EPC Entries in the European Patent Register

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

EPC Rules relating to Fees

X A. 9 Rfees EPC Refund of search fees

EPO Guidelines - A Formalities Examination

X GL A IV 1.1 General remarks

X GL A IV 1.1.2 Sequences of divisional applications

X GL A IV 1.2.1 Date of filing

X GL A IV 1.2.2 Priority claim of a divisional application

X GL A IV 1.3.4 Designation of contracting states

X GL A IV 1.4.3 Renewal fees

X GL A IV 1.8 Search, publication and request for examination of divisional applications

X GL A IV 2.5 Filing a new application

X GL A IV 5.3 Sequence listings of a divisional application

EPO Guidelines - B Search

X GL B IV 1.2 Formal deficiencies

X GL B VIII 3 No meaningful search possible

X GL B VIII 6 Claims contravening Art. 123(2) or Art. 76(1)

EPO Guidelines - C Procedureal Aspects of Substantive Examination

X GL C IX 1.1 General remarks

X GL C IX 1.4 Examination of a divisional application

X GL C IX 2.1 General remarks

EPO Guidelines - D Opposition and Limitation/Revocation Procedures

X GL D III 5 Grounds for opposition

X GL D V 6.1 Basis of this ground for opposition

X GL D V 6.2 Distinction between allowable and unallowable amendments

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

X GL E VI 3 Observations by third parties

EPO Guidelines - F The European Patent Application

X GL F V 13.4 Restricted IPER

EPO Guidelines - H Amendments and Corrections

X GL H II 6.2 Subject-matter taken from the description

X GL H IV 2.3.2 Divisional applications

X GL H IV 2.3.3 Applications resulting from a decision under Art. 61

EPO PCT GL - F (not assigned)

X GL-PCT FOREWORD 3.1 Annex I: EPC-PCT equivalence table

EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int. - E Euro-PCT procedure before the EPO as designated or elected Office

X GA E XVIII XVIII.

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 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 2017, A82 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 29 November 2016 - G 1/15

X OJ EPO 2017, A50 - Interlocutory decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.09 dated 17 October 2016 - T 437/14

X OJ EPO 2012, 516 - Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 25 November 2011 J 4/11 3.1.01

X OJ EPO 2012, 376 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 30 August 2011 G 2/10

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

X OJ EPO 2012, 130 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 9 December 2010 G 2/07

X OJ EPO 2011, 480 - Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 1 September 2010 J 18/09

X OJ EPO 2011, 336 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 27 September 2010 G 1/09

X OJ EPO 2010, 338 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 24 March 2010 concerning the refund of the search fee under Article 9(2) of the Rules relating to Fees

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

X OJ EPO 2010, 100 - Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 27 May 2009 J 2/08 3.1.01

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

X OJ EPO 2009, 96 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 December 2008 concerning the refund of the search fee under Article 9(2) of the Rules relating to Fees

X OJ EPO 2008, 307 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 28 June 2007 G 1/06*

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

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

X OJ EPO 2008, 126 - Information from the European Patent Office

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

X CLR II D 5.3 priorities for one claim

X CLR II E 1.1.6 to other documents

X CLR II E 1.2.2 disclosure

X CLR II E 1.2.3.A Obviousness

X CLR II E 1.5.2.A Decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal on disclaimers in G 1/03, G 2/03 and G 2/10

X CLR II E 1.6.1 specific feature with more general term - no inclusion of undisclosed equivalents

X CLR II E 1.7 generalisation - undisclosed combination of selected features

X CLR II E 1.11.4 information in earlier application as filed but correct information directly and unambiguously derivable

X CLR II E 2 123(3) EPC – extension of the protection conferred

X CLR II E 2.3.1 123(3) EPC and Article 69 EPC

X CLR II E 3.1 trap

X CLR II F 1 1.Introduction

X CLR II F 2.1 extending beyond content of the earlier application

X CLR II F 2.1.1 and unambiguously derivable from content of earlier application as filed

X CLR II F 2.1.2 of divisionals - derivable from each of the preceding applications as filed

X CLR II F 2.1.3 issues

X CLR II F 2.2 to divisional applications

X CLR II F 2.3.1 of G 1/05 and G 1/06 also applicable to granted patents

X CLR II F 2.3.2 for opposition under Article 100(c) EPC

X CLR II F 2.4.4 of same subject-matter

X CLR II F 3.2 date attributed to divisional application

X CLR II F 4.2.1 designation of all states designated in earlier application at the date of filing of divisional

X CLR II F 4.4 fee for a divisional application

Case Law Book: IV Divisional Applications

X CLR IV A 3 and how applications may be filed

X CLR IV A 5.6 of date of filing

X CLR IV A 7.2.2 of states in divisional applications

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0002/10 (Disclaimer/SCRIPPS) of 30.8.2011

General Case Law

X J 0018/09 () of 1.9.2010

X J 0009/12 (Filing of a divisional application during stay of proceedings) of 28.6.2013

X J 0010/12 (Pendency of earlier patent application) of 13.5.2014

X J 0007/13 (Amount of the search fee payable for a divisional application - … of 7.10.2015

X R 0016/11 () of 23.3.2012

X T 0725/05 (Humanized Immunoglobulins II/PDL) of 14.10.2009

X T 0870/07 (Epoxy enantiomer/NISSAN) of 6.10.2009

X T 1437/07 (Botulinum toxin for treating smooth muscle spasm/ALLERGAN) of 26.10.2009

X T 2118/08 () of 5.7.2011

X T 2202/08 () of 6.9.2011

X T 0961/09 () of 15.12.2009

X T 1710/09 (Alendronate for osteoporosis/MERCK) of 12.4.2011

X T 1727/09 () of 7.3.2011

X T 0571/10 () of 3.6.2014

X T 1118/10 (Recognition of audio broadcast segments/ARBITRON) of 30.11.2012

X T 1469/10 (Hybrid ARQ system/PANASONIC) of 28.6.2013

X T 2402/10 (Prostaglandin derivatives / Pfizer) of 10.5.2012

X T 2464/10 (Anticoagulant protein/IMPERIAL) of 25.5.2012

X T 0443/11 () of 30.1.2012

X T 0937/11 (Bread improver/ PURATOS) of 14.1.2014

X T 0108/12 (Key agreement and transport protocol with implicit signatures/ … of 29.9.2015

X T 0598/12 (Tablets comprising ethinylestradiol and drospirenone) of 5.11.2013

X T 0720/12 () of 13.8.2015

X T 0970/12 (Inhalation formulations of hypertonic solution containing hyaluronic … of 22.7.2015

X T 1904/12 () of 11.6.2014

X T 2477/12 (Gene therapy, BMP-7/MERIAL) of 12.11.2015

X T 0184/13 (Timing circuit/FUJITSU) of 27.8.2015

X T 0202/13 () of 10.7.2015

X T 0557/13 (Partial Priority / Infineum) of 17.7.2015

X T 0558/13 () of 4.11.2013

X T 0560/13 () of 4.11.2013

X T 0801/13 () of 27.2.2014

X T 1765/13 (Lithium battery use/LG CHEM LTD) of 24.4.2014

X T 1766/13 (Method for making lithium battery/LG CHEM LTD) of 17.4.2014

X T 1537/14 (Diarylthiohydantoin in hormone refractory prostate cancer treatment/ … of 7.10.2015