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GA C2.9.5 2.9.5.

Does the address for correspondence need to be in an EPC contracting state?

2.9.013

If no agent has been appointed, any correspondence is sent to the applicant. In that case, applicants may indicate an address for correspondence, which may be located anywhere in the world. This revised EPO practice for the use of an address for correspondence entered into force on 1 November 2014.

R. 4.4(d), 53.4 PCT

Source: http://www.epo.org/applying/international/guide-for-applicants/html/e/ga_c2_9_5.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

8 references found.

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EPC Articles

X A.150 EPC Application of the Patent Cooperation Treaty

EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int.

X GA INDEX "Euro-PCT Guide":

EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int. - C The EPO as ISA and SISA

PCT Articles

X A.27 PCT National Requirements

PCT Implementing Rules

X R.4 PCT The Request (Contents)

X R.53 PCT The Demand

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO 2014, A99 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 4 September 2014 concerning the use of an address for correspondence in proceedings before the EPO by persons acting without a professional representative or agent