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Guidelines for Examination in the EPO

Guidelines for Examination - Table of Contents  
PART A GUIDELINES FOR FORMALITIES EXAMINATION General Part PART B  
CHAPTER II FILING OF APPLICATIONS AND EXAMINATION ON FILING CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION CHAPTER III EXAMINATION OF FORMAL REQUIREMENTS  
4. Examination on filing 3. Procedure on filing 5. Late filing of drawings or parts of the description  
4.1 Minimum requirements for according a date of filing      
4.1.1 Indication that a European patent is sought   4.1.2 Information concerning the applicant  

4.1.1

Indication that a European patent is sought
 

Use of the prescribed Request for Grant form or the epoline® Online Filing software best provides "the indication that a patent is sought" as referred to in II, 4.1(i) (see also III, 4).
 

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