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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 III EXAMINATION OF FORMAL REQUIREMENTS CHAPTER II FILING OF APPLICATIONS AND EXAMINATION ON FILING CHAPTER IV SPECIAL PROVISIONS  
3. Physical requirements 2. Representation 4. Request for grant  
3.2 Documents making up the application, replacement documents, translations 3.1 General remarks 3.3 Other documents  
3.2.1 Physical requirements of applications filed by reference to a previously filed application   3.2.2 Physical requirements of late-filed application documents  

3.2.1

Physical requirements of applications filed by reference to a previously filed application

 

If the application is filed by reference to a previously filed application according to Rule 40(1)(c) (see II, 4.1.3.1), where no translation is required, the certified copy of the previously filed application required under Rule 40(3) must satisfy the physical requirements. If the previously filed application is not in an official language of the EPO, only the translation required under Rule 40(3) must satisfy the physical requirements, provided that the authenticity of the contents of the original is not impugned and that the original is of sufficient quality to allow good reproduction (Rule 49(12)).

 


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