EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION - Table of Contents Implementing Regulations to the Convention on the Grant of European Patents PART VII - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART VII OF THE CONVENTION Chapter I - Decisions and communications of the European Patent Office   Rule 113 - Signature, name, seal

Rule 113 Signature, name, seal

Art. 90, 94, 97, 101, 110, 115, 128, 153

(1) Any decisions, summonses, notices and communications from the European Patent Office shall be signed by, and state the name of, the employee responsible.

(2) Where a document referred to in paragraph 1 is produced by the employee responsible using a computer, a seal may replace the signature. Where the document is produced automatically by a computer, the employee's name may also be dispensed with. The same shall apply to pre-printed notices and communications.