4.1 Formal requirements
4.1.6Request for grant
The form, which can also be submitted using the EPO Web-Form Filing service or the EPO Contingency Upload Service, and the associated explanatory notes can be downloaded free of charge from the EPO website (epo.org). You are strongly advised to read the explanatory notes carefully before completing the request form. By completing the form you meet all the mandatory requirements governing the information that the request for grant must contain.
The request must be duly signed. It may be signed by your representative if you have appointed one. Where it is signed on behalf of a legal person, the signatory's position within the legal entity must also be indicated. If you have co-applicants and do not appoint a European representative, the request for grant must be signed by all of the applicants (see point 4.1.029).
If you file on paper, one copy of the request itself must be filed; the receipt for documents (page 9 of the request for grant form) must be filed in triplicate, or in quadruplicate if filed with a national authority (see point 4.3.003). If the application is filed electronically, no additional copies are necessary.