Citation: A44Online book date: 30.4.2020
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Choice regarding the Vice-President Legal and Global Affairs associated with European Patent Office (Directorate-General 5) dated 21 2020 concerning the conditions for participating in the pilot project for Online Filing 2.0 april
Relative to Article 12 of this choice of this President associated with the European Patent Office (EPO) dated 11 March 2015 regarding the pilot task to introduce brand brand brand new way of electronic interaction in EPO procedures (OJ EPO 2015, A28), as well as in specific its Articles 6 and 7, it was determined that, included in that pilot task, documents in procedures underneath the EPC and also the PCT could be filed online in the form of the on line Filing 2.0 pc pc software, susceptible to the applicable laws lay out into the EPC and PCT plus the current conditions.
The internet Filing 2.0 pilot task begins on 4 might 2020.
Anybody may take part in the internet Filing 2.0 pilot task upon legitimate invitation and registration because of the EPO. 1
(1) beneath the Online Filing 2.0 pilot task, individuals may register the application form papers specified in Article 5 with all the EPO on the web, with the on the web Filing 2.0 pc computer computer software.
(2) Filing by way of EPO Online Filing (OLF), the EPO instance administration system (CMS) and also the EPO Web-Form Filing solution (Web-Form Filing) 2 and also by method of PCT-SAFE, ePCT-Filing and also the ePCT service for uploading documents is excluded through the on the web Filing 2.0 pilot project.
(3) throughout the on the web Filing 2.0 pilot task, it won’t be feasible to import application documents through direct integration of this Patent administration System (PMS) or even to submit application documents ready with PatXML pc pc software.
(4) The laws regulating filing that is online use mutatis mutandis to any filing prior to paragraph 1. 3
Application papers filed in DOCX format relative to Articles 3 and 5 must conform to the specs into the format definition posted by the EPO on its internet site. 4
The documents that are following be filed prior to Article 3:
(a) EPO Form 1001, alongside the description, claims, abstract and drawings (application papers) of the patent that is european and, if needed, translations of every among these papers, in PDF or DOCX format, as well as other papers in PDF structure;
(b) whenever going into the phase that is europeanRule 159 EPC), EPO Form 1200, along with any amendments for the processing within the European stage, including amendments under Article 19 and 34 PCT, and, if needed, their translations, along with other papers, in PDF structure;
(c) type PCT/RO/101, alongside the application papers of an application that is international afrointroductions because of the EPO as getting workplace beneath the PCT, and, if needed, translations of every of those papers, in PDF or XML structure, 5 along with other papers in PDF format;
(d) series listings for worldwide, European and applications that are euro-PCT conformity aided by the provisions regulating the filing of series listings; 6
( ag ag e) upon further announcement, the papers under paragraphs (b) and (c) in, instead, DOCX structure;
(f) upon further announcement, the application form papers of a international application filed aided by the EPO as (Supplementary) International looking Authority or Overseas Preliminary Examining Authority underneath the PCT, including a need for initial assessment into the worldwide phase (PCT Demand), in PDF or DOCX structure;
(g) upon further announcement, amendments, corrections and rectifications of papers under (a), (b), (c), ( ag e) and (f) up to give in PDF or DOCX structure and documents under (d) up to grant relative to the conditions governing the filing of series listings 7 (EPO Form 1038, PCT-SFD);
(h) upon further announcement, papers in opposition, limitation, revocation and appeal procedures and procedures prior to the Enlarged Board of Appeal in PDF or DOCX format.
The filing of papers must adhere to the formal and requirements that are technical into the individual guides on Online Filing 2.0 and DOCX filing, that will be distributed around the individuals within the on the web Filing 2.0 pilot task.
The web Filing 2.0 pilot task is without prejudice into the current ways of filing papers.
Complete at Munich, 21 2020 april
Christoph Ernst
Vice-President Legal and Overseas Affairs associated with European Patent Office (Directorate-General 5)
1 understand demand individuals posted regarding the EPO internet site: epo.org/applying/online-services/improving. Html.
2 Decision of this President of this European Patent Office dated 9 might 2018 regarding the electronic filing of documents (OJ EPO 2018, A45).
3 See in particular your decision associated with President associated with the Patent that is european Office 9 might 2018 regarding the electronic filing of documents (OJ EPO 2018, A45) and also the notice through the European Patent Office dated 9 might 2018 in regards to the electronic filing of documents (OJ EPO 2018, A46).
4 See this is of “DOCX” under Article 4 associated with the choice of this Vice-President Legal and Overseas Affairs regarding the patent that is european (Directorate-General 5) dated 21 April 2020 regarding the conditions for taking part in the pilot project for on the web Filing 2.0 (OJ EPO 2020, A45).
5 papers in DOCX might be changed into XML before filing by way of WIPO’s converter, that is incorporated into the on line Filing 2.0 computer pc computer software.
6 Rule 30 EPC, Rule 13ter PCT, your choice associated with the President for the Patent that is european Office 28 April 2011 from the filing of sequence listings (OJ EPO 2011, 372) and also the notice through the European Patent Office dated 18 October 2013 regarding the filing of series listings (OJ EPO 2013, 542).
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