R.113 EPC Signature, name, seal

(1)

Any decisions, summonses, notices and communications from the European Patent Office shall be signed by, and state the name of, the employee responsible.

(2)

Where a document referred to in paragraph 1 is produced by the employee responsible using a computer, a seal may replace the signature. Where the document is produced automatically by a computer, the employee's name may also be dispensed with. The same shall apply to pre-printed notices and communications.

[ Art. 90 94 97 101 110 115 128 153 ]

See notice from the EPO of 27.03.2020 (OJ EPO 2020, A37).

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/r113.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X A.90 EPC Examination on filing and examination as to formal requirements

X A.94 EPC Examination of the European patent application

X A.97 EPC Grant or refusal

X A.101 EPC Examination of the opposition – Revocation or maintenance of the European patent

X A.110 EPC Examination of appeals

X A.115 EPC Observations by third parties

X A.128 EPC Inspection of files

X A.153 EPC The European Patent Office as designated Office or elected Office

EPC Implementing Rules

X Chapter I Decisions and communications of the European Patent Office

X R.57 EPC Examination as to formal requirements

X R.70 EPC Request for examination

X R.141 EPC Information on prior art

EPO Guidelines - C Procedureal Aspects of Substantive Examination

X GL C VIII 6 Decision

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

X GL E II 1.3 Form of decisions, communications and notices

X GL E X 1.3 Form and content

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 2/2021, p37 - III. RULES COMMON TO ALL PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE EPO

X OJ EPO SE 4/2020, p99 - ANNEX 1

X OJ EPO SE 4/2020, p45 - III. RULES COMMON TO ALL PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE EPO

X OJ EPO 2020, A37 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 27 March 2020 concerning the electronic authentication of decisions and other documents relevant to the decision-making process

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III K 3 Form of decisions

X CLR III K 3.1.1 Cases involving two decisions

X CLR III K 3.3 Signatures on a decision under Rule 113 EPC

X CLR III K 3.3.1 Decisions to be signed

X CLR III K 3.3.3.A Computer-generated communications

General Case Law

X J 0016/17 () of 12.7.2018

X J 0004/18 () of 20.3.2019

X R 0006/15 () of 25.4.2016

X T 2170/08 () of 27.1.2009

X T 1088/11 () of 17.6.2016

X T 2076/11 (Serielle DatenÃ¼bertragung/HEIDENHAIN) of 21.5.2012

X T 1033/16 (Cross-community invitation/ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES) of 26.9.2016