EPC Rule 36:
(1) The applicant may file a divisional application relating to any pending earlier European patent application.
(2) A divisional application shall be in the language of the proceedings for the earlier application and shall be filed with the European Patent Office in Munich, The Hague or Berlin.
For substitute drawings and other corrections see PCT Rule 26.4:
A correction of the request offered to the receiving Office may be stated in a letter addressed to that Office if the correction is of such a nature that it can be transferred from the letter to the request without adversely affecting the clarity and the [...]
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international agreement for filing patent applications having effect in many countries around the world. Although the PCT system does not provide for the grant of “an international patent”, the system simplifies the process of filing patent applications, delays the expenses associated with applying for patent protection in foreign [...]
There are four basic requirements for patentability under the European Patent Convention (EPC): 1) there must be an “invention”; 2) the invention must be “susceptible of industrial application”; 3) the invention must be “new”; and 4) the invention must involve an “inventive step” (Article 52).
Many people who have confidence in their knowledge of U.S. [...]
A list of two-letter codes accepted for use in indicating States, other entities, and intergovernmental organizations in documents relating to international applications under the PCT. The list is part of WIPO Standard ST.3.
Links: USPTO List of Country Codes, PCT Applicant’s Guide.
Internationally, an industrial design is the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article. The design may consist of three-dimensional features, such as the shape or surface of an article, or of two-dimensional features, such as patterns, lines or color. In most countries, an industrial design must be registered in order to be protected under [...]
PCT Newsletters for 2005.
An international application must be an application for the protection of an invention. The PCT encompasses the filing of applications for patents for inventions, inventors’ certificates, utility certificates, utility models, and various kinds of patents and certificates of addition. An international application thus cannot validly be filed for certain other forms of industrial property rights [...]