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R.135 EPC Further processing

(1)

Further processing under Article 121, paragraph 1, shall be requested by payment of the prescribed fee within two months of the communication concerning either the failure to observe a time limit or a loss of rights. The omitted act shall be completed within the period for making the request.

Further processing shall be ruled out in respect of the periods referred to in Article 121, paragraph 4, and of the periods under Rule 6, paragraph 1, Rule 16, paragraph 1(a), Rule 31, paragraph 2, Rule 36, paragraph 2, Rule 40, paragraph 3, Rule 51, paragraphs 2 to 5, Rule 52, paragraphs 2 and 3, Rules 55, 56, 58, 59, 62a, 63, 64, Rule 112, paragraph 2, and Rule 164, paragraphs 1 and 2.

(3)

The department competent to decide on the omitted act shall decide on the request for further processing.

[ Art. 120 R. 112 ]

Amended by decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 17/13 of 16.10.2013 (OJ EPO 2013, 503), which entered into force on 01.11.2014.

See notice from the EPO of 10.06.2014 (OJ EPO 2014, A70).

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/r135.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X A.76 EPC European divisional applications

X A.78 EPC Requirements of a European patent application

X A.79 EPC Designation of Contracting States

X A.86 EPC Renewal fees for the European patent application

X A.94 EPC Examination of the European patent application

X A.120 EPC Time limits

X A.121 EPC Further processing of the European patent application

EPC Implementing Rules

X Chapter V Time limits

X R.6 EPC Filing of translations and reduction of fees

X R.16 EPC Procedure under Article 61, paragraph 1

X R.31 EPC Deposit of biological material

X R.36 EPC European divisional applications

X R.38 EPC Filing fee and search fee

X R.39 EPC Designation fees

X R.40 EPC Date of filing

X R.51 EPC Payment of renewal fees

X R.52 EPC Declaration of priority

X R.55 EPC Examination on filing

X R.56 EPC Missing parts of the description or missing drawings

X R.58 EPC Correction of deficiencies in the application documents

X R.59 EPC Deficiencies in claiming priority

X R.62a EPC Rule 62a Applications containing a plurality of independent claims

X R.63 EPC Incomplete search

X R.64 EPC European search report where the invention lacks unity

X R.70a EPC Rule 70a Response to the extended European search report

X R.112 EPC Noting of loss of rights

X R.164 EPC Unity of invention and further searches

EPC Rules relating to Fees

X A. 2 Rfees EPC Fees provided for in the Convention and in the Implementing Regulations

EPO Guidelines - A Formalities Examination

X GL A III 5.5 Deficiencies

X GL A III 6.5.1 Filing a new priority claim

X GL A III 6.5.3 Deficiencies in the priority claim and loss of the priority right

X GL A III 6.7 Copy of the previous application (priority document)

X GL A III 6.8.3 Loss of rights and legal remedies

X GL A III 11.2.3 Consequences of non-payment of the designation fee

X GL A III 11.2.5 Euro-PCT applications entering the European phase

X GL A III 11.3.2 Consequences of non-payment of designation fees

X GL A III 11.3.4 Application deemed to be withdrawn

X GL A III 11.3.7 Amount payable

X GL A III 11.3.9 Euro-PCT applications entering the European phase before 1 April 2009

X GL A III 13.1 Payment of fees

X GL A III 13.2 Additional fee (if application documents comprise more than thirty-five pages)

X GL A III 14 Translation of the application

X GL A III 15 Late filing of claims

X GL A III 16.1 Procedure formalities officer

X GL A III 16.2 Period allowed for remedying deficiencies

X GL A IV 1.4.1 Filing, search and designation fee(s)

X GL A IV 1.4.3 Renewal fees

X GL A IV 3.2 Defects in the certificate or the identification

X GL A IV 4.1 Biological material; deposit thereof

X GL A IV 4.2 Missing information; notification

X GL A IV 5 Applications relating to nucleotide and amino acid sequences

X GL A VI 2.3 Legal remedy

X GL A VII 7 Correction and certification of the translation

X GL A X 5.2.7 Fees payable for procedural and other requests

X GL A X 9.2.1 Conditions

X GL A X 10.1 General remarks

X GL A X 10.1.2 Late payments

EPO Guidelines - B Search

X GL B XI 8 Reaction to the extended European search report (EESR)

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

X GL E VIII 1.6.1 Extension of time limits set by the EPO under Rule 132

X GL E VIII 2 Further processing

X GL E VIII 3.1.1 Time limits covered

X GL E VIII 3.1.3 Form of the request and applicable time limit

X GL E IX 2.1.3 Translation of the international application

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

X GA C5.2.1 5.2.1.

X GA C5.3.3 5.3.3.

X GA C5.4.5 5.4.5.

X GA C5.4.6 5.4.6.

X GA C5.4.7 5.4.7.

X GA C5.5.1.2 5.5.1.2

X GA C5.5.2.2 5.5.2.2

X GA C5.6.3.2 5.6.3.2

X GA C5.7.3 5.7.3.

X GA C5.8.2 5.8.2.

X GA C5.9.4.4 5.9.4.4

X GA C5.10.4 5.10.4.

X GA C5.11.4 5.11.4.

X GA C5.12.2 5.12.2.

X GA C5.12.3 5.12.3.

X GA C5.13.3 5.13.3.

X GA C5.13.5 5.13.5.

X GA C5.15 5.15

X GA C5.15.2 5.15.2.

X GA C5.19 5.19

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 3/2020, p1 - Rules relating to Fees of 20 October 1977 as adopted by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 7 December 2006 and as last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of [..]

X OJ EPO 2020, A3 - Decision of the Administrative Council of 12 December 2019 amending Articles 2 and 7 of the Rules relating to Fees ( CA/D 12/19 )

X OJ EPO SE 4/2019, p32 - Annex A.2 to the ADA - Information from the EPO concerning the automatic debiting procedure

X OJ EPO SE 3/2019, p1 - Rules relating to Fees of 20 October 1977 as adopted by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 7 December 2006 and as last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of [..]

X OJ EPO 2019, A88 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 2 October 2019 concerning termination of the restrictions on cross-border payments originating in Greece

X OJ EPO SE 2/2018, p1 - Rules relating to Fees of 20 October 1977 as adopted by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 7 December 2006 and as last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of [..]

X OJ EPO SE 5/2017, p43 - Annex A.2 to the ADA - Information from the EPO concerning the automatic debiting procedure

X OJ EPO SE 5/2017, p22 - Annex A.1 to the ADA - Arrangements for the automatic debiting procedure (AAD) [ 1 ]

X OJ EPO 2014, A70 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 10 June 2014 concerning amended Rules 164 and 135 EPC

X OJ EPO 2013, 542 - Notice from the European Patent Officedated18October2013 concerningthefilingof sequence listings

X OJ EPO 2011, 376 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 28 April 2011 concerning the filing of sequence listings

X OJ EPO 2010, 498 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 7 July 2010 concerning inventions which involve the use of or concern biological material

X OJ EPO 2010, 406 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 29 June 2010 concerning communications under amended Rule 161 EPC

X OJ EPO 2009, 603 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 2 November 2009 concerning the re-introduction of a grace period for the payment of extension fees

X OJ EPO 2009, 533 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 October 2009 concerning amendments to the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (EPC)

X OJ EPO 2009, 481 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 August 2009 concerning amended Rule 36(1) and (2) EPC (European divisional applications) and consequential amendments to Rules 57(a) and 135(2) EPC

X OJ EPO 2009, 299 - Decision of the Administrative Council of 25 March 2009 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 3/09)

X OJ EPO 2009, 296 - Decision of the Administrative Council of 25 March 2009 amending the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 2/09)

X OJ EPO 2009, 3-suppl - ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS (ADA) AND THEIR ANNEXES

Case Law Book: II Conditions to be met by an Application

X CLR II F 4.1 Procedural independence of divisional application

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III D 2 Further processing under Article 121 EPC

General Case Law

X J 0011/17 (Re-establishment of rights) of 18.1.2018

X T 1908/09 (Re-establishment of rights/HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING INC.) of 15.12.2010