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R.140 EPC Correction of errors in decisions

In decisions of the European Patent Office, only linguistic errors, errors of transcription and obvious mistakes may be corrected.

[ Art. 90 97 101 104 105b 111 112 112a ]

See decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 8/95, G 1/10 (Annex I).

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/r140.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.97 EPC Grant or refusal

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

X A.104 EPC Costs

X A.105b EPC Article 105b Limitation or revocation of the European patent

X A.111 EPC Decision in respect of appeals

X A.112 EPC Decision or opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal

X A.112a EPC Article 112a Petition for review by the Enlarged Board of Appeal

EPC Implementing Rules

X Chapter VI Amendments and corrections

EPO Guidelines Foreword

X GL FOREWORD 2.1 Overview

EPO Guidelines - D Opposition and Limitation/Revocation Procedures

X GL D VI 7.1 General remarks

X GL D VI 7.2.2 Decision on the documents on the basis of which the patent is to be maintained

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

X GL E III 9 Delivery of the decision

EPO Guidelines - H Amendments and Corrections

X GL H II 2.6 Further requests for amendment after approval

X GL H VI 2.1.1 Admissibility in opposition and limitation proceedings

X GL H VI 3 Correction of errors in decisions

X GL H VI 3.1 Admissibility

X GL H VI 3.2 Allowability of the correction of bibliographic data

X GL H VI 3.3 Correction of errors under Rule 140 while opposition proceedings are pending – procedural aspects

X GL H VI 5 Correction of the translations of the claims

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 4/2020, p73 - V. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE BOARDS OF APPEAL

X OJ EPO SE 4/2020, p62 - IV. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE DEPARTMENTS OF FIRST INSTANCE

X OJ EPO SE 3/2018, p2 - BOARDS OF APPEAL AND ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW 2017

X OJ EPO SE 4/2017, p2 - BOARD OF APPEAL AND ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW 2015/2016

X OJ EPO 2017, A75 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 4 August 2017 concerning the updating of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office

X OJ EPO 2013, 194 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 23 July 2012 G 1/10

X OJ EPO 2011, 94 - Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.03 dated 17 June 2010

X OJ EPO 2010, 402 - Communication from the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning case G 1/10

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

X CLR II E 4.3 Correction of errors in the description, claims and drawings after grant, and in opposition proceedings

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III A 2.6 Correction of already issued decision

X CLR III K 3.3.3.E Draft decisions

X CLR III L 1 Competence to correct a decision according to Rule 140 EPC

X CLR III L 1.1 Competence of opposition division or examining division

X CLR III L 1.2 Competence of the boards of appeal

X CLR III L 1.3 Competence to correct if application is no longer pending

X CLR III L 2 Scope of Rule 140 EPC

X CLR III L 2.1 Correction of the text of a patent

X CLR III L 3 Obvious mistakes according to Rule 140 EPC

X CLR III L 4 Legal effect of corrections according to Rule 140 EPC

X CLR III L 4.1 Correction requests as opposed to appeals

X CLR III L 6 Procedural status of third parties

Case Law Book: IV Divisional Applications

X CLR IV A 5.6 Change of date of filing

X CLR IV B 3.8.2 Correction of the withdrawal of the application under Rule 139 EPC

X CLR IV C 5.1.1 Principles

X CLR IV C 5.1.9 Removal of error (in claim) in opposition proceedings – Rule 139 EPC

Case Law Book: V Priority

X CLR V C 2.6.3 Objective review of the marks awarded

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0008/95 (Correction of decision to grant) of 16.4.1996

X G 0001/10 (Request to correct patent/FISHER-ROSEMOUNT) of 23.7.2012

General Case Law

X J 0016/13 (Correction of application documents) of 22.5.2014

X T 0972/05 (TPA filtration/ADVANSA BV) of 17.3.2009

X T 0683/06 (Stage Tec/Neufestsetzung des Anmeldetages) of 25.11.2009

X T 0493/08 (Re-establishment of rights in respect of the appeal term (no)) of 29.9.2009

X T 1257/08 () of 7.7.2010

X T 1349/08 (Hydrocarbon preparation/AGIP PETROLI) of 16.3.2010

X T 0810/09 () of 25.9.2012

X T 1259/09 () of 10.9.2010

X T 1495/09 () of 9.9.2010

X T 1744/09 () of 20.12.2011

X T 1975/09 () of 24.9.2012

X T 1084/10 () of 10.7.2012

X T 2051/10 (KlarspÃ¼lmittel/Henkel) of 11.9.2013

X T 0105/11 (Compatibility control information/LG ELECTRONICS) of 10.3.2016

X T 0657/11 () of 8.11.2013

X T 1431/12 () of 8.2.2018

X T 1869/12 () of 13.12.2013

X T 1578/13 () of 27.11.2017

X T 0164/14 (Silica umhÃ¼llte Titandioxidteilchen/BASF) of 19.10.2015

X T 0715/14 () of 6.2.2015

X T 1785/15 () of 9.5.2016

X T 0084/16 (PAR-1 activation/TUFTS) of 27.1.2017

X T 0506/16 (Correction of patent/DOW GLOBAL) of 20.6.2018