第90条递交时审查和形式审查

（1）欧洲专利局应根据实施细则审查申请是否符合确定申请日的条件。

（2）如果根据第1款的审查不能确定申请日，则该申请不应当作为欧洲专利申请处理。

（3）如果欧洲专利申请确定了申请日，则欧洲专利局应当根据实施细则审查该申请是否符合第14条、第78条和第81条的要求，可行的话，还审查是否符合第88条第1款，第133条第2款以及实施细则规定的其他要求。

（4）欧洲专利局根据第1款或第3款进行审查时，如果发现了可以改正的缺陷，应当给予申请人改正缺陷的机会；

（5）如果没有改正根据第3款审查时发现的缺陷，除本公约另行规定的不同法律后果外，应当驳回该欧洲专利申请。如果缺陷涉及优先权，则该欧洲专利申请应当丧失优先权。

(1)The European Patent Office shall examine,in accordance with the Implementing Regulations, whether the applicationsatisfies the requirements for the accordance of a date of filing.

(2)If a date of filing cannot be accordedfollowing the examination under paragraph 1,the application shall not be dealt with as a European patent application.

(3)If the European patent application hasbeen accorded a date of filing, the European Patent Office shall examine, inaccordance with the Implementing Regulations, whether the requirements inArticles 14, 78 and 81,and, where applicable, Article 88,paragraph 1, and Article 133,paragraph 2, as well as any other requirement laid down in theImplementing Regulations, have been satisfied.

(4)Where the European Patent Office incarrying out the examination under paragraphs 1 or 3 notesthat there are deficiencies which may be corrected, it shall give the applicantan opportunity to correct them.

(5)If any deficiency noted in the examinationunder paragraph 3 isnot corrected, the European patent application shall be refused unless adifferent legal consequence is provided for by this Convention. Where thedeficiency concerns the right of priority, this right shall be lost for theapplication.

第91条（删除）

Article 91 (deleted)

第92条作出欧洲专利检索报告

欧洲专利局应当根据实施细则的规定，在权利要求书的基础上并充分考虑说明书和附图，作出并公布欧洲专利申请的欧洲检索报告。

The European Patent Office shall, in accordance with theImplementing Regulations, draw up and publish a European search report inrespect of the European patent application on the basis of the claims, with dueregard to the description and any drawings.

第93条欧洲专利申请的公开

（1）欧洲专利局应当在符合下述条件的情况下尽快公开欧洲专利申请：

（a）申请日（有优先权的，优先权日）起满18个月；或

（b）根据申请人的请求，在上述期限届满前。

（2）当授权决定在第1（a）款所指期限届满前生效时，欧洲专利申请应与欧洲专利的说明书同时公开。

(1)The European Patent Office shall publishthe European patent application as soon as possible

(a)after the expiry of a period of eighteenmonths from the date of filing or, if priority has been claimed, from the dateof priority, or  

(b)at the request of the applicant, beforethe expiry of that period.  

(2)The European patent application shall bepublished at the same time as the specification of the European patent when thedecision to grant the patent becomes effective before the expiry of the periodreferred to in paragraph 1(a).

第94条欧洲专利申请的审查

（1）欧洲专利局应当根据实施细则的规定，基于请求审查欧洲专利申请或者欧洲专利申请有关的发明是否符合本公约的规定；请求在缴纳审查费后才应当视为递交；

（2）如果未按期递交实质审查请求，申请应当被视为撤回；

（3）如果审查发现申请或与申请有关的发明不符合本公约的规定，审查部在必要时应当要求申请人陈述意见，并根据第123条第1款修改申请。

（4）如果申请人未按期答复审查部的意见，申请应当被视为撤回。

(1)The European Patent Office shall, inaccordance with the Implementing Regulations, examine on request whether theEuropean patent application and the invention to which it relates meet therequirements of this Convention. The request shall not be deemed to be fileduntil the examination fee has been paid.

(2)If no request for examination has beenmade in due time, the application shall be deemed to be withdrawn.

(3)If the examination reveals that theapplication or the invention to which it relates does not meet the requirementsof this Convention, the Examining Division shall invite the applicant, as oftenas necessary, to file his observations and, subject to Article 123,paragraph 1, to amend the application.

(4)If the applicant fails to reply in duetime to any communication from the Examining Division, the application shall bedeemed to be withdrawn.

第95条（删除）

Article 95  (deleted)

第96条（删除）

Article 96  (deleted)

第97条授权或驳回

（1）如果审查部认为欧洲专利申请以及欧洲专利申请有关的发明符合本公约的规定，且满足了实施细则中规定的条件，则应当决定授予欧洲专利。

（2）如果审查部认为欧洲专利申请以及与欧洲专利申请有关的发明不符合本公约的规定，除本公约另行规定的不同法律后果外，应当驳回该申请。

（3）授予欧洲专利的决定在欧洲专利公报上公告之日起生效。

(1)If the Examining Division is of theopinion that the European patent application and the invention to which itrelates meet the requirements of this Convention, it shall decide to grant aEuropean patent, provided that the conditions laid down in the ImplementingRegulations are fulfilled.

(2)If the Examining Division is of theopinion that the European patent application or the invention to which itrelates does not meet the requirements of this Convention, it shall refuse theapplication unless this Convention provides for a different legalconsequence.

(3)The decision to grant a European patentshall take effect on the date on which the mention of the grant is published inthe European Patent Bulletin.

第98条欧洲专利说明书的出版

欧洲专利局应当在欧洲专利公报公告授权欧洲专利后尽快出版欧洲专利说明书。

The European Patent Office shall publish the specification of theEuropean patent as soon as possible after the mention of the grant of theEuropean patent has been published in the European Patent Bulletin.