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GL E IX 2.3.6 Title of the invention

In relation to A‑III, 7 ("Title of the invention"), the title need only meet the less demanding requirements of Rule 4.3 PCT rather than those set out in A‑III, 7.1 and 7.2.

GL E IX 2.3.5.3 Restoration of priority

The provisions for restoration of priority right (see A‑III, 6.6) also exist under the PCT (Rules 26bis.3 and 49ter PCT).

GL E IX 2.3.5.2 Information on prior art

The applicant must, on entry into the European phase, file the results of any search carried out by or on behalf of the office of first filing for each application whose priority is claimed (see A‑III, 6.12).

GL E IX 2.3.5.1 Priority document

Normally, the copy of the previous application, referred to in A‑III, 6.7, i.e. the priority document, is furnished to the EPO as designated Office by the International Bureau and not by the applicant.

GL E IX 2.3.5 Claim to priority

The claim to priority (see A‑III, 6 ("Claim to priority")) for an international application refers to the date, or dates, claimed under the PCT.[Rule 17.1; 17.2 PCT; ]

2.3.5.1 Priority document

2.3.5.2 Information on prior art

GL E IX 2.3.4 Designation of inventor

The requirement, as set out in A‑III, 5 ("Designation of inventor"), that the designation of inventor is filed in a separate document where the applicant is not the inventor or the sole inventor has to be complied with irrespective of the language of the international application, unless the inventor has already been named in the PCT request.

GL E IX 2.3.3 Request for grant

The PCT request corresponds in general to the EPO request for grant form (EPO Form 1001) and provides for the entry of the information listed in Rule 41(2), with the exception of the items referred to in sub-paragraphs (e) and (f) thereof.

GL E IX 2.3.2 Physical requirements

Although compliance of an international application with the PCT requirements as to form and content is, as a rule, ascertained during the international phase, the EPO may check Euro-PCT applications entering the European phase for compliance with Rule 11 PCT.