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How to get a European patent - "Euro-PCT"

Guide for Applicants - Part 2 - Table of Contents
B. The EPO as a PCT receiving Office A. General overview C. The EPO as an International Searching Authority (ISA) - PCT Chapter I
The PCT request Divisional applications Who may file with the EPO as receiving Office?


The PCT request


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International applications must be filed using the PCT request form (PCT/RO/101) or a corresponding computer printout. Applicants are advised to read carefully the PCT request form and the explanatory notes before completing the form. For electronic filing, see point 21 ff.

Art. 3, 4, 11(1)(iii) PCT
R. 3, 4 PCT
WIPO PCT Guide 56 - 112



The PCT request and the explanatory notes can be found in Annex V. Copies of the form together with explanatory notes are available free of charge from the EPO, the IB and national patent offices.


New versions of the form are published by the IB in both the PCT Newsletter and the WIPO PCT Applicant's Guide (http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/forms/index.htm).



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