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The European patent application shall designate the inventor. If the applicant is not the inventor or is not the sole inventor, the designation shall contain a statement indicating the origin of the right to the European patent (Art. 81 EPC).

CLR IV A 6.1 Requirements of a European patent application (Article 78 EPC)

Under Art. 78(1) EPC a European patent application shall contain:

- a request for the grant of a European patent;

- a description of the invention;

- one or more claims;

- any drawings referred to in the description or the claims;

- an abstract

In addition it shall satisfy the requirements laid down in the Implementing Regulations.

CLR IV A 6 Examination of formal requirements

Under Art. 90(3) EPC, if the patent application is accorded a date of filing, the EPO examines, in accordance with the Implementing Regulations, whether the following requirements have been satisfied:

- Art. 14 EPC, concerning the language of the patent application (see chapter III.F.1.);

CLR IV A 5.6 Change of date of filing

CLR IV A 5.5.3 Extent of competence of the Receiving Section for corrections under Rule 139 EPC

CLR IV A 5.5.2 No replacement of invention

The decisions below are mainly about applying R. 88 EPC 1973, which however has not substantively changed; in R. 139 EPC, only minor editorial amendments to all three language versions have been made.

CLR IV A 5.5.1 Legal provisions

CLR IV A 7 Designation of states

CLR IV A 6.3.1 General provisions governing the presentation of application documents (Rule 49 EPC)

CLR IV A 6.3 Any other requirement laid down in the Implementing Regulations

CLR IV A 6.2 Designation of the inventor