第161条申请的修改

(1)如果欧洲专利局已经作为国际检索单位，并在且递交了根据PCT公约第31条的要求情况下，还针对欧洲-PCT申请作为国际初审单位，其应当给予申请人评价国际检索单位的书面意见或者国际初审报告的机会，并且在合适的情况下，要求申请人改正在书面意见或者国际初审报告指出的缺陷并且从相应的通知的六个月的期限内修改说明书、权利要求以及附图。如果欧洲专利局已经做出补充国际检索报告，根据第一句的要求应当针对根据PCT实施细则第45bis条第7(e)款给出的解释发出。如果申请人未满足或评价根据第一句或第二句的要求，申请应当视为被撤回。

(2)在欧洲专利局针对欧洲-PCT申请做出补充检索报告的情况下，申请可以在相应地告知申请人的通知起六个月的期限内修改一次。修改后的申请应当作为补充欧洲专利检索的基础。

R. 161 Amendment of the application

(1)If the European Patent Office has acted as the InternationalSearching Authority and, where a demand under Article 31 PCT wasfiled, also as the International Preliminary Examining Authority for a Euro-PCTapplication, it shall give the applicant the opportunity to comment on thewritten opinion of the International Searching Authority or the InternationalPreliminary Examination Report and, where appropriate, invite him to correctany deficiencies noted in the written opinion or in the InternationalPreliminary Examination Report and to amend the description, claims anddrawings within a period of six months from the respective communication. Ifthe European Patent Office has drawn up a supplementary international searchreport, an invitation in accordance with the first sentence shall be issued inrespect of the explanations given in accordance with Rule 45bis.7(e)PCT. If the applicant does not comply with or comment on an invitation inaccordance with the first or second sentence, the application shall be deemedto be withdrawn.

(2)Where the European Patent Office draws up a supplementaryEuropean search report on a Euro-PCT application, the application may beamended once within a period of six months from a communication informing theapplicant accordingly. The application as amended shall serve as the basis forthe supplementary European search.

第162条权利要求发生的费用

(1)如果欧洲专利授权程序将基于的申请文件包括多于十五个权利要求，应当在细则第159条第1款规定的期限内根据费用条例的规定缴纳第十六个权利要求以及随后的每个权利要求的权利要求附加费。

(2)如果未按期缴纳权利要求附加费，仍然可以在关于未遵守期限的通知起六个月内缴纳。如果在该期限内递交了修改的权利要求，应当基于该修改的权利要求计算到期的费用。

(3)在第1款的期限内缴纳但多于第2款的费用的任何权利要求附加费应当返还。

(4)如果未按期缴纳权利要求附加费，有关的权利要求视为放弃。

R. 162 Claims incurring fees

(1)If the application documents on which the European grantprocedure is to be based comprise more than fifteen claims, claims fees shallbe paid for the sixteenth and each subsequent claim as laid down in the Rulesrelating to Fees within the period under Rule 159,paragraph 1.

(2)If the claims fees are not paid in due time, they may still bepaid within six months from a communication concerning the failure to observethe time limit. If within this period amended claims are filed, the claims feesdue shall be computed on the basis of such amended claims.

(3)Any claims fees paid within the period under paragraph 1 andin excess of those due under paragraph 2,second sentence, shall be refunded.

(4)Where a claims fee is not paid in due time, the claim concernedshall be deemed to be abandoned.

第163条欧洲专利局对某些形式要求的审查

(1)在根据细则第19条第1款指定发明人未在第159条第1款规定的期限内作出的情况下，欧洲专利局应当要求申请人在两个月内作出指定。

(2)在要求在先申请的优先权，但未在第159条第1款规定的期限内提交第52条第1款以及第53条规定的在先申请的申请号或其副本的情况下，欧洲专利局应当要求申请人在两个月内提供该申请号或副本。应当适用第53条第2款。

(3)在第159条第1款规定的期限期满时，符合PCT行政规程中规定标准的序列表对于欧洲专利局不可获得的情况下，应当要求申请人在两个月内递交符合由欧洲专利局局长制定的规则的序列表。应当准用第30条第2和3款。

(4)在第159条第1款规定的期限期满时，遗漏关于任何申请人的地址、国籍或者其居所或主要营业所所在的缔约国的情况下，欧洲专利局应当要求申请人在两个月内提供这些指示。

(5) 在第159条第1款规定的期限期满时，未满足公约第133条第2款的要求的情况下，欧洲专利局应当要求申请人在两个月内委托专利代理人。

(6)如果第1、4或5款所指的缺陷未按期改正，应当驳回欧洲专利申请。如果第2款所指的缺陷未按期改正，应当丧失了申请的优先权。

R. 163 Examination of certain formal requirements by the EuropeanPatent Office

(1)Where the designation of the inventor under Rule 19,paragraph 1, has not yet been made within the period under Rule 159,paragraph 1, the European Patent Office shall invite the applicant tomake the designation within two months.

(2)Where the priority of an earlier application is claimed and thefile number of the previous application or the copy thereof provided forin Rule 52,paragraph 1, and Rule 53 havenot yet been submitted within the period under Rule 159,paragraph 1, the European Patent Office shall invite the applicant tofurnish that number or copy within two months. Rule 53,paragraph 2, shall apply.

(3)Where, at the expiry of the period under Rule 159,paragraph 1, a sequence listing complying with the standard providedfor in the Administrative Instructions under the PCT is not available to theEuropean Patent Office, the applicant shall be invited to file a sequencelisting complying with the rules laid down by the President of the EuropeanPatent Office within two months.Rule 30,paragraphs 2 and 3,shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(4)Where, at the expiry of the period under Rule 159,paragraph 1, the address, the nationality or the State in which hisresidence or principal place of business is located is missing in respect ofany applicant, the European Patent Office shall invite the applicant to furnishthese indications within two months.

(5)Where, at the expiry of the period under Rule 159,paragraph 1, the requirements ofArticle 133,paragraph 2, have not been satisfied, the European Patent Office shallinvite the applicant to appoint a professional representative within twomonths.

(6)If the deficiencies noted under paragraphs 1, 4 or 5 arenot corrected in due time, the European patent application shall be refused. Ifthe deficiency noted under paragraph 2 isnot corrected in due time, the right of priority shall be lost for the application.

第164条欧洲专利局考虑的单一性

(1)如果欧洲专利局认为作为补充欧洲专利检索基础的申请文件不符合发明单一性的要求，其应当：

(a)针对与在权利要求中首先提到的发明或者公约第82条所指的一组发明有关的申请的那些部分制作部分补充检索报告；

(b)通知申请人，为了使补充欧洲专利检索报告覆盖其他发明，必须在两个月的期限内针对所涉的每个发明缴纳补充检索费；

(c)针对关于已经缴纳检索费的发明的申请的部分制作补充检索报告。

(2)如果免除了补充欧洲专利检索报告，而审查部认为，在作为审查基础的申请文件要求保护未被欧洲专利局在作为国际检索单位或补充国际检索指定单位的职权内进行检索的发明或公约第82条所指的一组发明，审查部应当：

(a)通知申请人将在两个月内针对缴纳检索费的任何发明进行检索；

(b)与下列文件一起发出根据第(a)款进行检索的结果：

根据公约94条第3款以及细则第71条第1和2款的通知，其中应当给予申请人评价这些结果以及修改说明书、权利要求和附图的机会，

或者根据第71条第3款的通知，以及

(c)在合适的情况下，在根据第(b)款发出的通知中，要求申请人限制申请为一个发明或者公约第82条所指的一组发明，针对该发明欧洲专利局已经在其作为国际检单位或国际补充检索指定单位的职权内作出了检索报告，或者根据第(a)款的程序进行了检索。

(3)在根据第2(a)款的程序中，第62和63条应当准用。

(4)第62条和第70条第2款不应当适用于根据第2款进行的任何检索的结果。

(5)如果申请人要求返还根据第1或2款缴纳的任何费用，并且审查部认为根据第1(b)或2(a)的通知不合理，应当返还该费用。

R. 164 Consideration of unity by the European Patent Office

(1)If the European Patent Office considers that the applicationdocuments which are to serve as the basis for the supplementary European searchdo not comply with the requirement of unity of invention, it shall:  

(a)draw up a partial supplementary search report on those parts ofthe application which relate to the invention, or the group of inventionswithin the meaning of Article 82,first mentioned in the claims;

(b)inform the applicant that, for the supplementary European searchreport to cover the other inventions, a further search fee must be paid, inrespect of each invention involved, within a period of two months; and

(c)draw up the supplementary European search report for the parts ofthe application relating to inventions in respect of which search fees havebeen paid.

(2)If the supplementary European search report is dispensed with andthe Examining Division considers that in the application documents which are toserve as the basis for examination an invention, or a group of inventionswithin the meaning of Article 82,is claimed which was not searched by the European Patent Office in its capacityas International Searching Authority or Authority specified for supplementaryinternational search, the Examining Division shall:

(a)inform the applicant that a search will be performed in respectof any such invention for which a search fee is paid within a period of twomonths;  

(b)issue the results of any search performed in accordancewith paragraph(a) together with:

a communication under Article 94,paragraph 3, and Rule 71,paragraphs 1 and 2,in which it shall give the applicant the opportunity to comment on theseresults and to amend the description, claims and drawings, or

a communication under Rule 71,paragraph 3,

and

(c)where appropriate, in the communication issued under paragraph(b), invite the applicant to limit the application to one invention, orgroup of inventions within the meaning of Article 82,for which a search report was drawn up by the European Patent Office in its capacityeither as International Searching Authority or as Authority specified forsupplementary international search, or for which a search was performed inaccordance with the procedure under paragraph(a).

(3)In the procedure under paragraph2(a), Rules62a and 63 shallapply mutatis mutandis.

(4)Rule 62 and Rule 70,paragraph 2, shall not apply to the results of any search performed inaccordance with paragraph2.

(5)Any fee paid under paragraphs1 or 2 shallbe refunded if the applicant requests a refund and the Examining Division findsthat the communication under paragraphs1(b) or 2(a) wasnot justified.

第165条欧洲-PCT申请作为第54条第3款规定的抵触申请

如果除了公约第153条第3或4款中规定的条件之外，第159条第1(c)款规定的申请费已经缴纳，欧洲-PCT申请应当视为被包含在公约第54条第3款的现有技术中。

R. 165 The Euro-PCT application as conflicting application underArticle 54, paragraph 3

A Euro-PCT application shall be considered as comprised in the stateof the art under Article 54,paragraph 3, if in addition to the conditions laid down in Article 153,paragraph 3 or 4,the filing fee underRule 159,paragraph 1(c) has been paid.

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