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Guide for applicants, Part 2: PCT procedure before the EPO (Euro-PCT Guide)

 
 
Table of Contents - Guide for applicants, Part 2: PCT procedure before the EPO (Euro-PCT Guide)
C. The EPO as an International Searching Authority (ISA) and a Supplementary International Searching Authority (SISA)
III. Refusal to perform a (full) international search
Nucleotide and amino acid sequences
Nucleotide and amino acid sequences
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If the sequence listing of an international application is not available in electronic form and/or does not comply with the standard provided in Annex C to the Administrative Instructions (WIPO Standard ST.25), the EPO as ISA will invite the applicant to furnish the sequence listing in the required form and format and pay a late furnishing fee within a non-extendable time limit of one month from the date of the invitation. A paper version of the sequence listing does not have to be submitted. Extensive information is provided in a Notice from the EPO of 26 March 2010. 
R. 5.2, 13ter.1 PCT
WIPO PCT Guide 7.005-7.012 
Art. 3 RFees
OJ 2005, 225
OJ 2007, Spec.Ed.3,
C.2 
OJ 2011, 372
OJ 2011, 376
OJ 2011, 658
OJ 3/2012, Supplement
GL/EPO A-IV, 5; E-VIII, 2.4.2
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If, within the time limit set, the applicant has not submitted the sequence listing in the required electronic form and format and paid the late furnishing fee, the EPO as ISA will carry out the international search without the sequence listing to the extent that a meaningful search can be carried out without such listing. This means that in many cases no or only an incomplete search is performed. This also has consequences for the international preliminary examination procedure before the EPO as IPEA (see point 382).