Terms and abbreviations
AI
Administrative Instructions under the PCT
Art.
Article(s) (of the EPC or the PCT)
CET
Central European Time
CMS
EPO new online filing – case management system
CNIPA
National Intellectual Property Administration, PRC
DAS
Digital Access Service
EPC
European Patent Convention
EPO
European Patent Office
GL/EPO
Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office (quoted as follows: GL/EPO C‑III, 8.4 = Guidelines, Part C, Chapter III, section 8, point 4)
GL/ISPE
PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines
GL/PCT-EPO
Guidelines for Search and Examination at the European Patent Office as PCT Authority (quoted as follows: GL/PCT-EPO C‑III, 8.4 = Guidelines, Part C, Chapter III, section 8, point 4)
GL/RO
PCT Receiving Office Guidelines
IB
International Bureau of WIPO
IPEA
International Preliminary Examining Authority
IPER
International Preliminary Examination Report
IPRP
International Preliminary Report on Patentability
ISA
International Searching Authority
ISPE Guidelines
PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines
ISR
International Search Report
JPO
Japan Patent Office
KIPO
Korean Intellectual Property Office
NPI
Nordic Patent Institute
OEPM
Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
OJ
Official Journal of the European Patent Office (quoted as follows until December 2013: OJ 2001, 459 = Official Journal, year 2001, page 459; and as of January 2014 as: OJ 2015, A51 = Official Journal, year 2015, article 51)
OJ 2007, Spec.Ed.1
Special Edition No. 1 to EPO Official Journal 2007
OFF
Office of first filing
OSF
Office of second filing
PACE
Programme for accelerated prosecution of European patent applications
PCT
Patent Cooperation Treaty
PPH
Patent Prosecution Highway
R.
Rule(s) of the Implementing Regulations (to the EPC or the PCT)
RFees
EPC Rules relating to Fees
RO
Receiving Office
SIS
Supplementary International Search
SISA
Supplementary International Searching Authority
SISR
SIS report
SMEs
Small and medium-sized enterprises
USPTO
United States Patent and Trademark Office
WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization
WIPO PCT Guide
"PCT Applicant's Guide" published by the International Bureau of WIPO
WO-ISA
Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority
Source: http://www.epo.org/applying/international/guide-for-applicants/html/e/ga_ia.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021