European Patent Office

Pages 775-790

Citation: OJ EPO 1992, 775

Online publication date: 31.12.1992

INFORMATION FROM THE EPO

Notice dated 16 October 1992 concerning revised Form 1200

EPA/EPO/OEB Form 1200 and the corresponding Notes1, which have been revised, are reproduced below. Applicants are advised to start using this revised form immediately.

Comments on the amendments

This form differs from the previous version2 as follows:

  • In Section 4 the applicant's attention is drawn to the altered legal position by the insertion of the words "Request for examination in an admissible non-EPO language (see Notes III, 6.2)". Following Decision G 6/91 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal, the examination fee is reduced only if the written request for examination in the admissible non-EPO language is filed at the same time as the request for examination in the official language of the EPO3.
  • Section 6, which deals with the documents that are to form the basis for the European grant procedure when an application enters the regional phase before the EPO, has been simplified4.
  • Section 8 takes account of new Rule 27a EPC5, concerning the requirements of European patent applications relating to nucleotide and amino acid sequences, which comes into force on 1 January 1993.
  • Monaco6, Ireland7 and Portugal8 have been included in Section 10.1 and the Contracting States have now been placed in alphabetical order according to their country code, as in Form 1001 (Request for Grant).

The Notes have been revised accordingly.

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1 This form and the Notes to it (reference "EPA/EPO/OEB Form 1200 01.93") are obtainable free of charge from the EPO -preferably from Vienna, but also from Munich, The Hague and Berlin -as well as from the central industrial property offices of the Contracting States. They are expected to be available as from the end of December 1992.

2 OJ EPO 1991, 312.

3 See in this connection Decision G 6/91 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (OJ EPO 1992, 491) and Notice from the EPO dated 3 July 1992 concerning an amendment to the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO (OJ EPO 1992, 467).

4 See in this connection D.5 or C.5 of the Information for PCT applicants concerning time limits and procedural steps before the EPO as designated or elected Office (supplement 1 to this issue of the Official Journal).

5 OJ EPO 1992, 342 and supplement 2 to this issue of the Official Journal

6 OJ EPO 1991, 549.

7 OJ EPO 1992, 337.

8 OJ EPO 1992, 688.