EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION 1973 - Table of Contents IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO THE CONVENTION ON THE GRANT OF EUROPEAN PATENTS PART II - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART II OF THE CONVENTION Chapter I - Procedure where the applicant or proprietor is not entitled   Rule 15 - Filing of a new European patent application by the person entitled to apply

Rule 15 16 Filing of a new European patent application by the person entitled to apply

Art. 78 R. 16, 85a

(1) Where the person adjudged by a final decision to be entitled to the grant of the European patent files a new European patent application pursuant to Article 61, paragraph 1(b), the original European patent application shall be deemed to be withdrawn on the date of filing of the new application for the Contracting States designated therein in which the decision has been taken or recognised.

(2)17 The filing fee and search fee shall be payable in respect of the new European patent application within one month after the filing thereof. The designation fees shall be payable within six months of the date on which the European Patent Bulletin mentions the publication of the European search report drawn up in respect of the new European patent application.

(3) The time limits for forwarding European patent applications provided for in Article 77, paragraphs 3 and 5, shall, for the new European patent application, be four months as from the actual filing date of that application.

16 See decision/opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 3/92, G 4/98 (Annex I).

17 Amended by decision of the Administrative Council of 13.10.1999 which entered into force on 01.03.2000 (OJ EPO 1999, 660 ff).