When is the EPO competent to act as ISA?
Overview
3.1.3.When is the EPO competent to act as ISA?
3.1.006Although the EPO's competence to act as ISA is, in principle, universal, i.e. not restricted to international applications from e.g. EPC contracting states, its competence to act as ISA for an international application is, as set out below, not automatically applicable (see points 3.1.007 ff).
Art. 16 PCT
R. 35 PCT
Art. 152 EPC
Agreement EPO-WIPO, Art. 3(1)
OJ 2017, A115
OJ 2018, A24
WIPO PCT Guide 7.002