Chapter IX – Drawings

This chapter deals with the requirements to be met by drawings contained in the application or patent. Guidance on the presentation of application documents, including drawings, is provided in the decision of the President of the EPO dated 25 November 2022 (OJ EPO 2022, A113, Rule 49(2)), which is the legal basis for the practice described below.

Rule 49
Rule 50

1. Graphic forms of presentation considered as drawings

2. Representation of drawings

3. Conditions if drawings are filed on paper

4. Presentation of the sheets of drawings

5. General layout of drawings

6. Prohibited matter

7. Executing of drawings

8. Text matter on drawings

9. Conventional symbols

10. Amendments to drawings

11. Graphic forms of presentation not considered as drawings