The IB sends to the EPO as designated/elected Office a copy of the international application and the ISR (including the WO-ISA) and, where applicable, also the IPER with annexes. The IB will notify the applicant thereof, and the applicant himself should not file any of these documents with the EPO (see point 453). However, the applicant may have to file a translation of the international application and further documents as set out below (see points 514 ff).
Applicants must indicate the European application number, which as a rule is communicated to them approximately ten months after international publication (EPO Form 1201) (see Annex XII). Applicants who have not yet been notified of this number when performing the required steps for entry into the European phase may instead cite the PCT application number or the PCT publication number.
Source: http://www.epo.org/applying/international/guide-for-applicants/html/e/ga_e_i_7.html
Date retrieved: 30 December 2018
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EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int.
EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int. - A General Overview
EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int. - B The EPO as a PCT receiving Office
EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int. - E Euro-PCT procedure before the EPO as designated or elected Office
PCT Articles
XA.36 PCT Transmittal, Translation, and Communication, of the International Preliminary Examination Report
PCT Implementing Rules
XR.73 PCT Communication of the International Preliminary Examination Report or the Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority
Offical Journal of the EPO
XOJ EPO 2017, A74 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 7 July 2017 concerning updated EPA/EPO/OEB Form 1200 (Entry into the European phase)
XOJ EPO 2017, A59 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 19 June 2017 concerning the EPO Online Filing software to be used for the electronic filing of documents
XOJ EPO 2017, A12 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 3 January 2017 concerning the availability of the EPO filing offices
XOJ EPO 2017, A11 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 3 January 2017 designating the EPO's filing offices
XOJ EPO 2015, A91 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 November 2015 concerning the electronic filing of documents