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Registrations of transfers (assignments) of European patent applications or patents are recorded in...
Export the address book from Online Filing by saving it on your computer. Then import it into Online...
The list of communications currently made available via the Mailbox is published on the EPO website...
Fees are charged for filing (including, if applicable, an additional fee for the 36th and each...
Yes. You can use your EPO smart card to file patent applications with most EPC member state national...
Requests for the grant of a European patent must be filed on the form prescribed by the European...
Documents submitted in proceedings before the EPO must be signed (Rule 41(2)(h), Rule 50(3) EPC). In...
Anyone who has a smart card (i.e. a user) and who has been given access by their company...
The Annex F standard states that all documents in PDF format must meet the following requirements:
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