7.2 Responsibility 

The examining division bears ultimate responsibility for ensuring that the title accords with the provisions of the Implementing Regulations. The search division will nevertheless take action and amend the title to avoid, if possible, the publication of applications having titles that obviously do not comply with the applicable EPC provisions (see also F‑II, 3). In such cases, the EPO will change the title on its own initiative if this appears necessary (see OJ EPO 1991, 224).

The applicant learns if the title proposed has been approved by the search division upon transmission of the European search report. The wording of the title (in the three official EPO languages), as approved by the search division, is notified by the communication announcing the forthcoming publication.

The title of the invention is published and entered in the European Patent Register (Rule 143(1)(c)) in capital letters.