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: 24 November 2017
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Case Law Book: II Conditions to be met by an Application
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