Standard abbreviations - English

Never make an abbreviation list as part of your EQE answer – it wastes time and these abbreviations may be used on the EQE without giving the meaning. They are completely clear to all who mark the exam.


A. Article

ADA Arrangements for deposit accounts

AAD Arrangements for the automatic debiting procedure

AG PCT Applicants Guide

AG-IP PCT Applicants Guide – International Phase

AG-NP PCT Applicants Guide – National Phase

BoA Board of Appeal

Ch.I Chapter I of the PCT

Ch.II Chapter II of the PCT

Decision AC Decision of the Administrative Council

dO Designated Office

EBoA Enlarged Board of Appeal

EESR Extended European Search Report

eO Elected Office

EP application/patent European application/patent

EPC European Patent Convention

EPO European Patent Office

ESR European Search Report

Euro-PCT PCT application for which EPO is dO or eO - EPC Art.153(2)

FP Further Processing

GL Guidelines For Examination in the EPO

HTG-1 EPO Guide for applicants “How to get a European patent”, Part 1

HTG-2 EPO Guide for applicants “How to get a European patent”, Part 2 (Euro-PCT)

IA International Application

IB International Bureau

IPE International Preliminary Examination

IPEA International Preliminary Examining Authority

IPRP International Preliminary Report on Patentability

IPER International Preliminary Examination Report

ISA International Searching Authority

ISR International Search Report

LA Legal Advice

National Law EPO brochure: "National law relating to the EPC”

OJ , Official Journal of the EPO - of

OJ SE< x> Special Edition No. x from Official Journal

PC Paris Convention

PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty

PCT NL / PCT Newsletter from of

Prot. Art. 69 Protocol on the Interpretation of Art. 69 EPC

Prot. Centr. Protocol on the Centralisation of the European patent system

Prot. Recog. Protocol on Recognition of Decisions in respect of the Right to Grant

R. Rule

RE Re-establishment of rights

RFG form Request for Grant Form

rO Receiving Office

RFees Rules relating to Fees (EPC)

SE Special Edition of the Official Journal

SIS Supplementary International Search

SISA Supplementary International Searching Authority

SISR Supplementary International Search Report

WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization

WO-ISA Written Opinion of the International Search Authority