European Patent Office

Article 24

Citation: OJ EPO 2018, A24

Online publication date: 28.2.2018

INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
PCT

Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT – Annex A

Pursuant to Article 11(3)(i) of the Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT,1 Annex A, point (ii), of the agreement has been revised with effect from 1 April 2018. The complete text of point (ii) is published below.

Annex A

States and Languages

(ii) the following languages which it will accept:
English, French, German, and, where the receiving Office is the industrial property office of the Netherlands, Dutch.2

 

 

1 OJ EPO 2017, A115.

2 See Notice from the EPO dated 30 January 2018 concerning changes to the filing options available in Belgium for European patent applications and international applications (OJ EPO 2018, A17).