Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office

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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 VIII LANGUAGES

CHAPTER VII APPLICATIONS UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) BEFORE THE EPO ACTING AS A DESIGNATED OR ELECTED OFFICE

CHAPTER IX COMMON PROVISIONS

CHAPTER VIII

LANGUAGES

1. Provisions concerning the language of the proceedings

2. Derogations from the language of the proceedings in written proceedings

3. Documents to be used as evidence

4. Documents filed in the wrong language

5. Translation of the priority document

6. Authentic text

7. Certificate of translation

8. Derogations from the language of the proceedings in oral proceedings

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