Part X – International applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty – Euro-PCT applications
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16th edition: this version presents the text in force on 1 July 2020. |
(1) The Patent Cooperation Treaty of 19 June 1970, hereinafter referred to as the PCT, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
(2)177 International applications filed under the PCT may be the subject of proceedings before the European Patent Office. In such proceedings, the provisions of the PCT and its Regulations shall be applied, supplemented by the provisions of this Convention. In case of conflict, the provisions of the PCT or its Regulations shall prevail.
177See decision of the President of the EPO concerning the pilot project to introduce new means of electronic communication in EPO proceedings, (OJ EPO 2015, A28) and the decision of the President of the of the EPO dated 20.02.2019 concerning online file inspection of documents contained in the file held by the EPO as receiving Office, International Searching Authority or Authority specified for supplementary (OJ EPO 2019, A17).