Linguistic errors, errors of transcription and mistakes in any document filed with the European Patent Office may be corrected on request. However, if the request for such correction concerns the description, claims or drawings, the correction must be obvious in the sense that it is immediately evident that nothing else would have been intended than what is offered as the correction.
Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/r139.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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EPC Implementing Rules
EPO Guidelines Foreword
EPO Guidelines - A Formalities Examination
EPO Guidelines - C Procedureal Aspects of Substantive Examination
EPO Guidelines - D Opposition and Limitation/Revocation Procedures
EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters
EPO Guidelines - H Amendments and Corrections
XGL H VI 2.2.2 Missing parts of description and missing drawings filed as corrections under Rule 139
EPO PCT GL - H Amendments and Corrections
Offical Journal of the EPO
XOJ EPO 2012, 588 - Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.07 dated 30 January 2012 T 445/08 3.3.07
Case Law Book: II Conditions to be met by an Application
XCLR II E 4.2.1 Documents to be taken into account for the assessment of obvious error and correction
XCLR II E 4.2.3 Obvious correction – immediately evident that nothing else would have been intended than what is offered as the correction
XCLR II E 4.3 Correction of errors in the description, claims and drawings after grant, and in opposition proceedings
Case Law Book: III Amendments
Case Law Book: IV Divisional Applications
XCLR IV B 3.3.3 Criteria for admitting amendments filed in reply to the Rule 71(3) EPC communication