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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 XI FEES CHAPTER X DRAWINGS CHAPTER XII INSPECTION OF FILES; COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN FILES; CONSULTATION OF THE REGISTER OF EUROPEAN PATENTS; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFIED COPIES  
10. Refund of fees 9. Reduction of fees    
10.3 Method of refund 10.2 Special refunds 10.4 Person to whom refund is payable  

10.3

Method of refund

 

Refunds will as a rule be made by means of a cheque. If the person to whom the refund is payable holds a deposit account with the EPO, the refund may take the form of crediting that deposit account. If the payer wishes any refund to be made to a deposit account, he can give the number of the account in the space provided in the Request for Grant form.

 


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