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R.30 EPC Requirements of European patent applications relating to nucleotide and amino acid sequences

(1)

If nucleotide or amino acid sequences are disclosed in the European patent application, the description shall contain a sequence listing conforming to the rules laid down by the President of the European Patent Office for the standardised representation of nucleotide and amino acid sequences.

(2)

A sequence listing filed after the date of filing shall not form part of the description.

(3)

Where the applicant has not filed a sequence listing complying with the requirements under paragraph 1 at the date of filing, the European Patent Office shall invite the applicant to furnish such a sequence listing and pay the late furnishing fee. If the applicant does not furnish the required sequence listing and pay the required late furnishing fee within a period of two months after such an invitation, the application shall be refused.

[ Art. 56 57 80 R. 42 ]

See decision of the President of the EPO of 28.04.2011 on the filing of sequence listings (OJ EPO 2011, 372) and notice from the EPO of 18.10.2013 (OJ EPO 2013, 542).

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/r30.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X A.56 EPC Inventive step

X A.57 EPC Industrial application

X A.80 EPC Date of filing

X A.92 EPC Drawing up of the European search report

EPC Implementing Rules

X Chapter V Biotechnological inventions

X R.40 EPC Date of filing

X R.42 EPC Content of the description

X R.57 EPC Examination as to formal requirements

X R.163 EPC Examination of certain formal requirements by the European Patent Office

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 1.2 Further checks

X GL A III 3.2 Documents making up the application, replacement documents, translations

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

X GL A IV 1.7 Other formalities examination

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

X GL A IV 5.1 Sequence information filed under Rule 56

X GL A IV 5.2 Sequence listings of an application filed by reference to a previously filed application

X GL A IV 5.3 Sequence listings of a divisional application

EPO Guidelines - B Search

X GL B IV 1.2 Formal deficiencies

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

X GL E VIII 1.1 Determination of time limits

X GL E IX 2.4.2 Sequence listings

EPO Guidelines - H Amendments and Corrections

X GL H IV 2.2.4 Sequence listings filed after the date of filing

X GL H IV 4.3 In opposition proceedings

EPO PCT GL - F (not assigned)

X GL-PCT FOREWORD 3.1 Annex I: EPC-PCT concordance table

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

X GA C5.6.3 5.6.3.

X GA C5.6.3.2 5.6.3.2

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 1/2021, p115 - XI.2 - Electronic filing of documents

X OJ EPO 2021, A20 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 3 March 2021 concerning the electronic filing of documents

X OJ EPO SE 3/2020, p26 - Description of fee codes

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 SE 1/2020, p109 - XI.2 - Electronic filing of documents

X OJ EPO 2020, A44 - Decision of the Vice-President Legal and International Affairs of the European Patent Office (Directorate-General 5) dated 21 April 2020 concerning the conditions for participating in the pilot project for Online Filing 2.0

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, p52 - Annex A.3 to the ADA ‒ Fees excluded from the double-payment validation functionality

X OJ EPO SE 3/2019, p26 - D escription of fee codes

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 SE 1/2019, p93 - XI.2 - Electronic filing of documents

X OJ EPO 2019, A20 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 19 February 2019 amending the Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA)

X OJ EPO SE 2/2018, p24 - D escription of fee codes

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 1/2018, p106 - XI.6 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 September 2014 [ 1 ] concerning the filing of documents using the EPO web-form filing service

X OJ EPO SE 1/2018, p102 - XI.5 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 11 March 2015 [ 1 ] concerning the filing of documents using the EPO case management system

X OJ EPO SE 1/2018, p93 - XI.2 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 November 2015 [ 1 ] concerning the electronic filing of documents

X OJ EPO 2018, A45 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 9 May 2018 concerning the electronic filing of documents

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 SE 1/2017, p107 - XI.6 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 September 2014 [ 1 ] concerning the filing of documents using the EPO web-form filing service

X OJ EPO SE 1/2017, p103 - XI.5 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 11 March 2015 [ 1 ] concerning the filing of documents using the EPO case management system

X OJ EPO SE 1/2017, p94 - XI.2 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 November 2015 [ 1 ] concerning the electronic filing of documents

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 2011, 372 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 28 April 2011 on the filing of sequence listings

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 C 7.5 Requirements relating to nucleotide and amino acid sequences

X CLR II C 7.6 Deposit of living material

General Case Law

X J 0007/11 (Sequenzprotokoll/N.N.) of 24.1.2012

X J 0008/11 (Sequence listing/DKFZ) of 30.1.2013