4.3 Filing European patent applications
4.3.3Acknowledgement of receipt
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Similarly, receipt of documents filed via EPO Online Filing 2.0 is acknowledged electronically by the EPO via an acknowledgement of receipt.
Receipt of documents filed via the EPO Web-Form Filing service is acknowledged electronically via an acknowledgment of receipt on the website once the files have been transferred. You can also request to have acknowledgement of receipt sent to you by email.
If you file your application on paper, the authority with which you file it acknowledges receipt without delay by sending you page 9 of the request for grant, on which it notes the date it received the application documents and the number of the application.