Patenting in Italy

FILING REQUIREMENTS.

To file a European Patent at the European Patent Office we require:

1. Applicant(s): Full name, nationality and address.

2. Inventor(s): Full name, nationality and address.

3. When the Applicant is not the Inventor: Information on the derivation of the Applicant's right to patent (e.g. the Inventor is employed by the Applicant, assignment from Inventor, agreement, assignment of priority rights, etc.)

4. Specification with claims in any of the official languages of the Office (English, German or French): If they are not in one of these languages, we shall have to do their translation. Specifications and claims shall be filed together with the Application.

5. Abstract of the invention: It may be filed later.

6. Drawings (if any): One set of drawings, on clean white paper, clear black lines. Dimensions: International paper size A4 = 29,7 x 21 cm.

      The minimum margins (which shall remained unframed), are as follows:

      top:    2,0 cm    left:       2,5

      right:  2,0 cm    bottom: 2,0

Remarks concerning the drawings:

-                    You can either send us the formal drawings ready for filing, or we can have the formal drawings prepared by our own draughtsmen from the informal drawings you send to us.

-                    The formal drawings may be filed later.

7. If priority is to be claimed under the Paris International Convention:

   1. Precise information on the country, application number and the date of each basic Application.

   2. Document of priority. unlegalized certified copy of each basic Application is required (Term for late filing: 16 months). If not in any of the official languages of the Office, a translation could be requested during the procedure.

8. Power of Attorney signed by the Applicant(s): Although not normally required by the European Patent Office we recommend the early provision of such power of attorney, signed by the applicant(s), so as to regularize our own position and to avoid the possibility of problems in this respect at a later date.

9. List of countries to be designated: Presently, the countries forming part of the European Patent Convention are the following:

            AT        AUSTRIA                                         GB       UNITED KINGDOM

            BE        BELGIUM                                         GR       GREECE

            CH/LI   SWITZERLAND AND                     IE         IRELAND

                         LIECHTENSTEIN                            IT         ITALY

            CY       CYPRUS                                           LU        LUXEMBURG

            DE       GERMANY                                       MC       MONACO

            DK       DENMARK                                      NL        NETHERLANDS

            ES        SPAIN                                               PT        PORTUGAL

            Fl         FINLAND                                         SE        SWEDEN

            FR       FRANCE                                           TR        TURKEY

It is also possible to pay extension fee for the following States:

            SL – SLOVENIA                                           RO - ROMANIA

            LT – LITHUANIA                                         MK - FORMER YUGOSLAV

            LV – LATVIA                                                         REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

            AL – ALBANIA                                           

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