WIPO - PCT Applicant's Guide GR - Greece
Industrial Property Organization (OBI) (Greece)

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    List of abbreviations used in this document:
    Office: Industrial Property Organization (OBI) (Greece)
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    Refer to List of WIPO Standards, Recommendations and Guidelines formerly Annex K, List of country names and two-letter codes. It includes a list of short names and two-letter codes accepted for use in indicating States, other entities and intergovernmental organizations and their Offices in documents relating to international applications under the PCT. The list is as set out in WIPO Standard ST.3.
    Also refer to PCT Contracting States formerly Annex A.
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    Rule 26bis.3(j)
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    International Phase

    Annex B - Information on Contracting States or Intergovernmental Organization

    Contracting State:
    Greece
    Two-letter code:
    GR
    Name of Office:
    Industrial Property Organization (OBI) (Greece)
    Location:
    5 Gianni Stavroulaki St.
    Paradissos Amaroussiou
    15125 Athens
    Greece
    Mailing address:
    Same as above
    Telephone:
    (30-210) 618 36 67
    (30-210) 618 35 08
    E-mail:
    info@obi.gr
    Website:
    Facsimile:
    (30-210) 681 92 31
    Does the Office accept the filing of documents by facsimile or the like means (PCT Rule 92.4)?
    Yes, by facsimile
    Which kinds of documents may be so transmitted?
    Please refer to the Office.
    Must the original of the document be furnished in all cases?
    Please refer to the Office.
    Does the Office send notifications via e-mail in respect of international applications?
    Yes
    Would the Office accept evidence of mailing a document, in case of loss or delay, where a delivery service other than the postal authorities is used (PCT Rule 82.1)?
    No
    Is the Office prepared to allow applicants to make applications available to the WIPO Digital Access Service for Priority Documents (DAS) (PCT Rule 17.1(b-bis)?
    No
    Competent receiving Office(s) for international applications filed by nationals or residents of this State:
    EP,
    GR,
    IB
    Does national legislation restrict the filing of international applications with foreign Offices?
    Presidential Decree No. 16/1991 Implementing Regulations of the Patent Cooperation Treaty as ratified by Law No. 1883/1990, Article 3, par. 2 and Law No. 4325/1963 on the Inventions Concerning the National Defence, Art. 1 and 2
    Yes
    Filing restrictions apply to:
    Applications by nationals
    Unless the priority of an earlier application filed in Greece is claimed
    Competent designated (or elected) Office(s) for this State:
    Refer to corresponding National Phase.
    EP
    Types of protection available via the PCT:
    European patents
    Availability under the national law for an international-type search (PCT Article 15):
    None
    Provisional protection after international publication:
    Designation for the purposes of a European patent:
    After international publication or, where that publication was in a language other than one of the official languages of the EPO, after publication by the EPO of the international application in a translation into one of its official languages furnished to it, the applicant may, as from the date of publication in the Greek Industrial Property Official Gazette of a notification that a translation into Greek of the claims has been filed with the OBI, obtain damages and possibly the description and seizure of the articles infringing the patent and anything used in the making thereof.
    Information of interest if this Contracting State is designated (or elected)
    Are there special provisions concerning the deposit of microorganisms and other biological material?
    No
    For a European patent
    Refer to Annex B(EP)

    Annex C - Receiving Office

    Competent receiving Office for nationals and residents of:
    Greece
    Language in which international applications may be filed:
    The international application filed by a national of Greece must be accompanied by a translation into Greek for the purposes of national security (Law No. 4325/1963 for inventions concerning national defense) if no priority of an earlier national application is claimed
    If the language in which the international application is filed is not accepted by the International Searching Authority (refer to Annex D), the applicant will have to furnish a translation (PCT Rule 12.3).
    English,
    French,
    German,
    Greek
    Language in which the request may be filed:
    English,
    French,
    German
    Number of copies required by the receiving Office if application filed on paper:
    1
    Does the receiving Office accept the filing of international applications in electronic form?
    Information not yet available
    Does the receiving Office accept requests for restoration of the right of priority (PCT Rule 26bis.3)?
    No
    Competent International Searching Authority:
    EP
    Competent International Preliminary Examining Authority:
    EP
    Fees payable to the RO:
    Transmittal fee:
    115 EUR
    International filing fee:
    1,381 EUR
    This fee is reduced by 90% if certain conditions apply (refer to Annex C(IB)).
    Fee per sheet in excess of 30:
    16 EUR
    This fee is reduced by 90% if certain conditions apply (refer to Annex C(IB)).
    Search fee:
    Refer to
    Annex D(EP)
    Fee for priority document (PCT Rule 17.1(b)):
    50 EUR
    Is an agent required by the receiving Office?
    No, if the applicant resides in Greece
    Yes, if the applicant is a non-resident
    Who can act as agent?
    Any attorney-at-law qualified to practice in Greece. The list of attorneys may be obtained from the Athens Bar Association, 60 Akademias St., 10679 Athens, Greece.
    Waiver of power of attorney:
    Has the Office waived the requirement that a separate power of attorney be submitted?
    Refer to the Office
    Has the Office waived the requirement that a copy of a general power of attorney be submitted?
    Refer to the Office

    National Phase

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