Guide for Applicants - Part 1 - Table of Contents   Annex IV Authorities with which European patent applications may be filed

Annex IV

Authorities with which European patent applications may be filed

I.	European Patent Office

(a) Munich headquarters

European Patent Office

Erhardtstrasse 27

80469 Munich

Germany

Postal address:

European Patent Office

80298 Munich

Germany

Tel.: +49 (0) 89 2399-0

Fax: +49 (0) 89 2399-4465

(b) The Hague

European Patent Office

Branch at The Hague

Patentlaan 2

2288 EE Rijswijk

Netherlands

Postal address:

European Patent Office

Postfach 5818

2280 HV Rijswijk

Netherlands

Tel.: +31 (0) 70 340-2040

Fax: +31 (0) 70 340-3016

(c) Berlin

European Patent Office

Gitschiner Strasse 103

10969 Berlin

Germany

Postal address:

European Patent Office

10958 Berlin

Germany.

Tel.: +49 (0) 30 25901-0

Fax: +49 (0) 30 25901-840

II.	National authorities

For a summary of the contracting states' chief national provisions governing compulsory and optional filing of patent applications with central industrial property offices and other competent authorities, see Table II in "National law relating to the EPC" (see point 4). This table also contains the addresses of the central industrial property offices.

Note: European divisional applications must always be filed with the EPO (see point 208 ff).