Note: the dates used are merely illustrative; they do not take account of the fact that the filing offices of the EPO are closed on weekends and certain public holidays.

2.4.1 Intermediate publication of the contents of the priority application

2.4.2 Intermediate publication of another European application

2.4.3 Multiple priorities claimed for different inventions in the application with an intermediate publication of one of the inventions

2.4.4 A situation in which it has to be checked whether the application from which priority is actually claimed is the "first application" within the meaning of Art. 87(1)