Ancillary Regulations - Table of Contents Keyword Index

Keyword Index

Art. - Article of the EPC

R. - Rule of the EPC

RRF. - Rules Relating to Fees

Part - Part of the Collection

A

Accelerated processing

 of appeals Art. 106

 of oppositions where infringement, Art. 99

Accelerated prosecution of European patent applications, Art. 75

Acceleration of the proceedings, Art. 97(6)

Access to PCT files, Art. 150

Additional copies of the patent specification, Art. 93

Address for correspondence, R. 78

Addresses, R. 24(1)

Administrative Agreement

 EPI/EPO, Art. 134(8)

Administrative Agreement between the DPMA and the EPO concerning receipt of documents, Art. 75

Administrative Agreement between the DPMA and the EPO, Termination, Art. 75

Advance ordering of additional patent specifications, Art. 93

Agreement

 EPO/BE, Art. 154

 EPO/WIPO Art. 150

Albania, Art. 79

Amendment of the EPC, Notices thereto, Art. 33

Appeal Boards, Rules of procedure, Art. 23(4)

Appeal proceedings, accelerated processing, Art. 106

Application numbering system, R. 24(2)

Associations, authorisation of, R. 101(9)

Austria, Expiry of the reservations, Art. 167

Authenticity of AC texts in the three languages, Art. 33

Authorisations

 EPO as receiving Office, Art. 151

 General, R. 101

 of associations, R. 101(9)

Automatic debiting procedure, Art. 5(2) RRF

B

Batch debit order, particulars to be supplied, Art. 5(2) RRF

Belgian industrial and commercial property office, Art. 154

Berlin, Filing Office, Art. 10(2)

Boards of Appeal, Rules of procedure, Art. 23(4)

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Art. 79

Budapest Treaty

 declaration by the EPO, R. 28

 deposit of micro-organisms, R. 28

 Recognition of microbiological experts, R. 28

Budapest Treaty, Part IV

Bulletin, European Patent, Art. 129

Business methods - PCT search, Art. 150

C

Cancellation of Legal advice notices, Part VI

Changes in EPO publications

Code of Conduct, Art. 134(8)

Community patent, choice of a, Art. 142

Compensation and fees payable to witnesses and experts, R. 74(4)

Computer program PatentIn, R. 27a

Confirmation of receipt, R. 24(4)

Consolidation of Euro-PCT applications, Art. 153

Copies to be filed of the documents, R. 35(2)

Copy of the international application, Art. 158(2)

Correspondence

 applicant without a representative, R. 78

 with the Legal Division, Art. 20, R. 9(2)

Country codes, Art. 129

Cover page of the patent specification, R. 49

Croatia, Art. 79

D

Database, Part IV

Days on which EPO filing offices are closed, R. 85(1)

Debiting of deposit accounts

 automatic debiting procedure, Art. 5(2) RRF

 for EPl annual subscriptions, Art. 134(8)

Debt recovery procedure, Art. 5(2) RRF

Decisions of the EPO boards of appeal on the Internet, Part IV

Delivery of mail, interruptions, R. 85(2)

Deposit accounts, Art. 5(2) RRF

Deposits of micro-organisms, R. 28

Designated Office (EPO), no copy required, Art. 158(2)

Designation fees, more time to pay, Art. 79

Designation of European patens in overseas states or territories, Art. 79

Disciplinary Board of Appeal of the EPO, Art. 134(8)

Disciplinary Committee of the EPI Art. 134(8)

Diskette, debiting deposit accounts, Art. 5(2) RRF

Divisional applications, priority documents, R. 38(3)(4)

Documents

 number of copies, R. 35(2)

Drawings, filing of, R. 32

Duties entrusted to formalities officers, R. 9(3)

E

EASY for international applications, R. 24(1)

EASY software, R. 24(1), R. 36(5)

Electronic filing of patent applications, R. 24(1)

Electronic publication, R. 49

E-mail address for the whole Office, R. 24(1)

Enlarged Board of Appeal, Rules of procedure, Art. 23(4)

Entry into the European phase, Art. 153

EPI (Institute of Professional Representatives) Art. 134(8)

Epoline, R. 24(1)

Euro, introduction of the euro, RRF

Euro-PCT, Art. 153, 154, 155, 158(2)

European Patent Bulletin, Art. 129

European Patent Convention, Part IV

European Qualifying Examination, Art. 134(8)

Exhibitions, international, Art. 55(1)(b)

Expert option, R. 28(4)

Experts and witnesses, fees, R. 74(4)

Experts recognised, Budapest Treaty, R. 28

Expiry of the reservations, Art. 167

Extended European search report, Art. 10(2) RRF

Extended European search report, Art. 157(3)

Extended European search report, R. 44a

Extension of European patents to Slovenia, Art. 79

F

Facsimile, filing of patent applications, R. 24(1)

Fax number in The Hague, R. 24(1)

Fee for the supplementary European search, Art. 157(3)

Fees

 for international applications, Art. 151

 for the European qualifying examination Art. 134(8)

 for witnesses or experts, R. 74(4)

File Inspection online, Art. 127

File inspection, electronic, Art. 127

File inspection, parts excluded, R. 93(d)

Files, keeping of, R. 95a(1)

Filing office

 Berlin, Art. 10(2)

 not in Vienna, Art. 75

 Pschorrhöfe, Art. 10(2)

Form of European patent specifications, R. 53

Form of publication of European patent applications, European search reports and

European patent specifications, R. 49

Form of the certificate for a European patent, R. 54

Forms

 available from the EPO, Part IV

 new ones, Part IV

 software, Part IV

 updated PCT form, Art. 155

France, working agreement, Art. 150

Functions transferred to the Registrars of the Boards of Appeal, Art. 23(4), R. 10(2)

G

General authorisations, R. 101(3)

Guidance for parties to appeal proceedings and their representatives, Art. 23(4)

Guide for applicants - part 2: PCT procedure before the EPO, Art. 153

H

Headquarter, R. 24(1)

Holidays

 EPO, R. 85(1)

 national offices, R. 85(3)

Hong Kong, Art. 79

I

Impact of the European Patent Convention on national law, Part V

Implementation of PCT Rule 48.3(b), Art. 154

Implementing the amendments Art. 33

Information on procedural steps (PCT), Art. 153, Art. 156

Infringement actions, accelerate the processing, Art. 99

INPADOC, Art. 7

Inspection of files, parts excluded, R. 93(d)

Institute of professional representatives, Art. 134(8)

Instructions for qualifying examination, Art. 134(8)

Integration of INPADOC, Art. 7

International

 application, copy not required, Art. 158(2)

 applications, payments of fees, Art. 151

 Preliminary Examination Report (PCT), Art. 150, Art. 155

 Searching Authority (PCT), Art. 150, Art. 154

International Depositary Authorities, Part IV

International patent treaties, Part IV

International search report

 by EPO, Art. 157(3)

 by national offices, Art. 157(3)

Internet address, Part IV

Interpretation in oral proceedings, Art. 116

Interruption or dislocation in the delivery of mail, R. 85(2)

Inventor, renouncement of notification, R. 17(3)

Invigilators, instructions to re European qualifying examination Art. 134(8)

IPEA, Art. 150, Art. 154, Art. 157

ISA, Art. 150, Art. 154, Art. 157

J

Japanese Patent Office, Art. 154, Art. 155, Art. 157(3)

K

Keeping of files, R. 95a(1)

L

Lack of unity, Art. 154

Landmark decisions of the Boards of Appeal Art. 134(8)

Languages

 authenticity of AC texts, Art. 33

 of correspondence under the PCT, Art. 150(2)

Late payment fee, Art. 150(2)

Late receipt of documents, R. 84a

Latvia and Lithuania, Art. 79

Legal Advice, Part VI

Liechtenstein, Art. 149

Limitation of the EPO's competence as a PCT authority, Art. 150

London Agreement, Part IV

M

Macedonia, Art. 79

Mail

 interruption in the delivery, R. 85(2)

Marking of papers of the qualifying examination, Art. 134(8)

Microbiological experts, R. 28

Micro-organisms

 applications, R. 28

 deposit, R. 28

My.epoline® portal, Part IV

N

Notification to the inventor, renouncement, R. 17(3)

Notification, public, R. 80

Nucleotide and amino acid sequences, R. 27a

Number of copies to be filed of the documents making up the international patent application, R. 104(1)

Numbering system for patent applications, R. 24(2)

O

Obligation to give notice in proceedings, R. 2(1)

OCR-readable patent applications, R. 35

Official Journal, Part IV

Online Fee Payment service, Art. 127

Online fee payment via My.epoline, Art. 5(2) RRF

Online Multipay Tool, Art. 127

Opposition

 accelerated processing, Art. 99

Opposition procedure, Art. 99

Oral proceeding, language of the proceeding, Art. 116

Oral proceedings

 receipt form for summonses, R. 71

 sound recording, Art. 116

 use of an alternative official language, R. 2(1)

Ordering additional copies of the patent specification Art. 93

Overseas states Art. 79

P

PACE, accelerated processing of European patent applications, Art. 75

Paragraph numbering in European patent documents, Art. 93

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Part IV

Patent Cooperation Treaty, Part IV

Patent family members, R. 44

Patent Law Treaty (PLT), Part IV

Patent Register, European, online access, Art. 127

Patent Treaty CH/LI, Art. 149

PatentIn computer program, R. 27a

PatXML, R. 24(1)

Payment

 fee for the international application, Art. 151

 of fees and costs at the Information Office in Munich, Art. 5(2) RRF

 of renewal fees, R. 37(1)

 with Credit cards, Art. 5(2) RRF

PCT

 Access to PCT files, Art. 150

 Authorisation, Art. 151

 General, Art. 150ff

 language of correspondence, Art. 150(2)

PCT Regulations, Art. 150

PHOENIX electronic file system, R. 95a(1)

Polish Patent Office Art. 154, Art. 155

Postal addresses, R. 24(1)

Postcode, R. 24(1)

Power of Attorney, see authorisations, R. 101

Preliminary examination fee, Art. 155

Preliminary Examining Authority under the PCT, Art. 150

Priority conferring effect of the US provisional application, Art. 87(1)

Priority documents

 for divisional applications, R. 38(3)(4)

 for previous European applications, R. 38(3)(4)

Procedure

 choice of expert option, R. 28(4)

Proceedings

 acceleration of Art. 97(6)

 obligation to give notice, R. 2(1)

Professional representatives

 authorisations, R. 101(1)

 discipline for, Art. 134(8)

 Institute of, Art. 134(8)

Proportion of renewal fees remitted to the EPO, Art. 39

Prosecution of European patent applications, accelerated, Art. 75

Protest procedure under the PCT, Art. 154

Pschorrhöfe, Munich, Art. 10(2)

Public holidays

 EPO, R. 85(1)

Public notification, R. 80

Publication

 applications containing a sequence listing, R. 49

 in electronic form only, R. 49

 of official notices on the Internet, Part IV

 technical preparations, R. 48

 withdrawal has not yet become definitive, R. 48

 withdrawal to prevent, R. 48

Publication server, R. 49

Publication system for corrections to A and B documents, Art. 93

Purpose of payments, transmission by diskette, RRF

Q

Qualifying examination, regulation, Art. 134(8)

R

Rationalised international preliminary examination procedure, Art. 150

Receipt, confirmation of, R. 24(4)

Recognition of microbiological experts, R. 28

Recording of certain information in the Register, R. 92(2)

Reducing the fee for the supplementary European search where the international search report was drawn up by the Austrian Patent Office, by the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office or by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office, Art. 157(3)

Refund

 of search fees, Art. 10(2) RRF

Refund of search fees, Art. 10(2) RRF

Refund of search fees, revised amounts, Art. 150

Register of European Patents

 subscriptions online, Art. 127

Registrars of the Boards of Appeal, functions entrusted to, Art. 23(4), R. 10(2)

Regulation on the European Qualifying Examination, Art. 134(8)

Renewal fees

 instructions for paying, R. 37(1)

Request for Grant form (Form 1001), Part IV

Request for the furnishing, Part IV

Reservations by

 Austria, Art. 167

 Greece and Spain, Art. 167

Responsibilities of the Legal Division, Art. 20, R. 9(2)

RFees 2006 - fee adjustment

Rules of Procedure

 Boards of Appeal, Art. 23(4)

 Disciplinary Bodies, Art. 134(8)

 Enlarged Board of Appeal, Art. 23(4)

Rules relating to Fees, RRF

S

Search fee

 reduction, Art. 155

Search report, Annex, R. 44

Searches international type, Art. 150(1)

Searching Authority under the PCT, Art. 150

Sequence listings, R. 27a, R. 49

Serbia and Montenegro, Art. 79

Server - for publication, R. 49

Sound recording in oral proceedings, Art. 116

Spain, reservations, Art. 167

Specifications

 advanced ordering Art. 93

 form, R. 53

Summonses to oral proceedings, receipt form, R. 71

Swiss Confederation, Art. 149

T

Telex numbers, cancellation, R. 24(1)

Time limits under Art. 96(2), R. 84

Title pages of European patent applications, Art. 93

Titles used by representatives, Art. 134(2)

Transfer of functions to Registrars DG3, Art. 23(4), R. 10(2)

Transitional period, Art. 163(1)

Two-letter country codes, Art. 129

U

USPTO, Art. 154, Art. 155, Art. 157(3)

V

Video conference, Art. 116

Vienna

 not a filing office, Art. 75

 sub-office, Art. 7

Vienna Convention, Part IV

W

Web site on the Internet, Part IV

WebRegPro application, Art. 127

WIPO agreement with EPO, Art. 150

Witnesses or experts, fees, R. 74(4)

World Trade Organization (WTO), Part IV