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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  
6. Payment in due time 5. Due date for fees 7. Purpose of payment  
6.2 Ten-day fail-safe arrangement 6.1 Basic principle    
6.2.4 Payment of fee at the normal fee rate 6.2.3 Debit orders 6.2.5 Amount of fee payable  

6.2.4

Payment of fee at the normal fee rate

 

Where a fee can either be paid within a normal period at the normal fee rate or within the period for further processing with the requisite further processing fee, if the normal period for payment is considered to have been observed when applying the ten-day fail-safe arrangement, the above-mentioned further processing fee need not be paid.

 


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