GL C III 2.2 Amendments made in response to the WO‑ISA, IPER or supplementary international search report

For Euro-PCT applications where the EPO acted as International Searching Authority (ISA) or as the authority specified for supplementary international search (SISA), any amendments which applicants file in response to the communication under Rule 161(1) (see E‑IX, 3.3.4) are made by applicants of their own volition.

GL C III 2.1 Amendments made in response to the search opinion

The amendments referred to in C‑II, 3.1 are made by the applicant "of his own volition" (applicants are required to respond to the search opinion in the EESR, but do not necessarily have to respond by filing amendments; they can also respond by filing observations on the search opinion – see B‑XI, 8).

GL C III 2 Amendments made by applicants of their own volition

Any amendment, including any made by applicants of their own volition, must satisfy the following conditions:

(i)it must not add subject-matter to the content of the application as filed (see H‑IV, 2.3, and H‑V, 1 to 7);

GL C III 1.3 Euro-PCT applications – Erroneous elements filed under Rule 20.5 bis PCT

Rule 20.5bis PCT allows applicants to correct an erroneously filed element (description or claims) or part of the description, claims or drawings (including all drawings) contained in an international application.

GL C III 1.2 Euro-PCT applications – Missing elements and parts filed under Rule 20.5 and 20.6 PCT

In the case of PCT applications, missing drawings and parts of the description, but also missing claims, may have been filed at the receiving Office for international applications under Rule 20.5 and 20.6 PCT, and its finding can be reviewed in accordance with Rule 82ter.1 PCT.

GL C III 1.1.2 Claims filed after accordance of a date of filing

If the claims were not present at the date of filing the application, the examining division must check whether the subsequently filed claims satisfy the requirements of Art. 123(2).

GL C III 1.1.1 Missing drawings or parts of the description filed under Rule 56

Where the applicant has supplied missing drawings or parts of the description after accordance of a filing date (see A‑II, 5) under Rule 56, and the Receiving Section has determined that the missing drawings or parts of the description are "completely contained" in the claimed priority application, the application is not re-dated to the date on which the missing drawings or parts of the description were supplied.[Rule 56; ]

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