Chapter IX – Information to the public
Rule 145155
Procedures for the inspection of files
16th edition: this version presents the text in force on 1 July 2020. |
(1) Inspection of the files of European patent applications and patents shall either be of the original document, or of copies thereof, or of technical means of storage if the files are stored in this way.
(2) The President of the European Patent Office shall determine all file-inspection arrangements, including the circumstances in which an administrative fee is payable.
155See the decision of the President of the EPO, Special edition No. 3, OJ EPO 2007, J.2 dated 20.02.2019 on the inspection of files (OJ EPO 2019, A16) and the decision of the President 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 search (OJ EPO 2019, A17).