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INTERNATIONAL TREATIES

PCT

Notice concerning the filing of authorisations with the EPO as receiving Office for international applications (Rule 90.4 PCT)

Applicants filing international applications with the EPO as receiving Office are advised that appointment of a professional representative requires a declaration to that effect made either in the request itself or in a separate power of attorney. The request or power of attorney must always be signed by the applicant; if there is more than one applicant, it must be signed by all those for whom the representative is going to act. See also Rule 90 PCT and points 103 and 104 in Volume 1 of the PCT Applicant's Guide.

For such applications, the simplified system which operates for European applications1 (whereby a professional representative whose name appears on the EPO list and who identifies himself as such need not normally file a signed authorisation) cannot be used.