Vollmacht
Authorisation
Pouvoir
Zeichen des Anmelders / Applicant’s reference / Référence du demandeur

1Ich (Wir) /I (We) /Je (Nous)

Weitere Vollmachtgeber sind auf einem gesonderten Blatt angegeben.
Additional authorisors are indicated on separate sheet.
Les autres mandants sont mentionnés sur une feuille supplémentaire.
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bevollmächtige(n) hiermit /hereby authorise /autorise (autorisons) par la présente
bitte angeben, ob zugelassener Vertreter, Rechtsanwalt, Angestellter oder Zusammenschluss vonVertretern (Name und Registrierungsnummer) /please specify whether professional representative,legal practitioner, employee or association ofrepresentatives (name and registration number) /veuillez préciser s’il s’agit d’un mandataire agréé,d’unavocat, d’un employé ou d’un groupement de				mandataires (nom et numéro d’inscription).

Weitere Bevollmächtigte sind auf einem gesonderten Blatt angegeben.
Additional authorisees are indicated on separate sheet.
Les autres mandataires sont mentionnés sur une feuille supplémentaire.			
mich (uns) zu vertreten als / to represent me (us) as / à me (nous) représenter en tant que
3Anmelder oder Patentinhaber / applicant(s) or patent proprietor(s) /demandeur(s) ou titulaire(s) du brevet			4und in den durch das Europäische Patentübereinkommen geschaffenen
Verfahren betreffend die folgende(n) europäische(n) Patentanmeldung(en)oder folgende(s) europäische(s) Patent(e) für mich (uns) zu handeln undZahlungen für mich (uns) in Empfang zu nehmen: / to act for me (us) in allproceedings established by the European Patent Convention concerning thefollowing European patent application(s) or patent(s) and to receive
payments on my (our) behalf: / à agir en mon (nos) nom(s) dans touteprocédure instituée par la Convention sur le brevet européen et concernant
la (les) demande(s) de brevet ou le(s) brevet(s) européen(s) suivant(s) et à
recevoir des paiements en mon (nos) nom(s):Einsprechenden (Einsprechende) / opponent(s) / opposant(s)		

Fortsetzung auf einem gesonderten Blatt. / Additional applications or patents areindicated on a separate sheet. / Suite sur une feuille supplémentaire.

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Diese Vollmacht gilt auch für Verfahren nach dem Vertrag über die internationale Zusammenarbeit auf dem Gebiet des Patentwesens. /This authorisation also applies to any proceedings established by the Patent Cooperation Treaty. /Le présent pouvoir s’applique également à toute procédure instituée par le Traité de coopération en matière de brevets.

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Diese Vollmacht gilt auch für Verfahren nach Artikel 9 (1) der Verordnung (EU) Nr. 1257/2012 in Verbindung mit der Durchführungsordnung zum
einheitlichen Patentschutz. / This authorisation also applies to any proceedings established by Article 9(1) Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 in conjunction
with the Rules relating to Unitary Patent Protection. / Le présent pouvoir s’applique également à toute procédure instituée par le règlement (UE) n° 1257/2012
ensemble le règlement d’application relatif à la protection unitaire conférée par un brevet.

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Diese Vollmacht gilt auch für etwaige europäische Teilanmeldungen. / This authorisation also covers any European divisional applications. /Le présent pouvoir vaut également pour toute demande divisionnaire européenne.
7Es kann Untervollmacht erteilt werden. / Sub-authorisation may be given. / Le présent pouvoir peut être délégué.

8Ich (Wir) widerrufe(n) hiermit frühere Vollmachten in Bezug auf die oben genannte(n) Anmeldung(en) oder das (die) oben genannte(n) Patent(e). /I (We) hereby revoke all previous authorisations in respect of the above application(s) or patent(s) . /Je révoque (Nous révoquons) par la présente tout pouvoir antérieur donné pour la (les) demande(s) ou le(s) brevet(s) mentionné(e)(s) ci-dessus .

9Name des (der) Unterzeichneten (in Druckschrift) /Name of signatory/signatories (block capitals) /Nom(s) du (des) signataire(s) (en caractères d’imprimerie)

Bei juristischen Personen Stellung des (der) Unterzeichneten innerhalb derGesellschaft / For legal persons, position of signatory/signatories within thecompany / S’il s’agit d’une personne morale, fonction occupée au sein de celle-cipar le(s) signataire(s)Ort und Datum / Place and date / Lieu et date

Unterschrift(en)* / Signature(s)** Das Formblatt muss vom (von den) Vollmachtgeber(n) eigenhändig, bei juristischen Personen vom Unterschriftsberechtigten, unterzeichnet sein. /* The form must bear the handwritten signature(s) of the authorisor(s). In the case of legal persons, the signature must be that of the person empowered to sign on behalf of the company. /* Le formulaire doit être signé de la propre main du (des) mandant(s). Dans le cas des personnes morales, la signature doit être celle de la personne ayant qualité pour signer au nom de la société.

Notes on Authorisation(EPA/EPO/OEB Form 1003)
I.

General instructions

Please note that filing an authorisation is distinct
from appointing a representative vis-à-vis the EPO
for a specific case and therefore does not
automatically imply the appointment of theauthorised representative. Please therefore always
provide an explicit appointment in addition to filingthe authorisation.

These notes explain how to complete
EPA/EPO/OEB Form 1003.
The use of this form is recommended forauthorising representatives before the European
Patent Office (EPO): professional
representatives and legal practitioners underArticle 134(1) and (8) EPC, employees under
Article 133(3), first sentence, EPC andassociations of representatives under
Rule 152(11) EPC. If the person authorised(hereinafter: "authorisee") is an employee who is
not a professional representative or a legal
practitioner, the party giving the authorisation(hereinafter: "authorisor") must declare that theauthorisee is their employee either on theauthorisation form itself (in the authorisee field) orin a covering letter. As to the case referred to in
Article 133(3), second sentence, EPC, noimplementing regulation has been adopted as yet.

Form 1003 is available on the EPO website(epo.org).

II. Filling in the form
The numbering below corresponds to the sectionsof Form 1003 "Authorisation".
1.

"Names of natural persons shall be indicated by
the person's family name, followed by their given
names. Names of legal persons, as well as ofbodies equivalent to legal persons under the law
governing them, shall be indicated by their official
designations. Addresses shall be indicated inaccordance with applicable customary
requirements for prompt postal delivery and shallcomprise all the relevant administrative units,including the house number, if any."

Professional representatives whose names appear
on the list maintained by the EPO and who identify
themselves as such are required to file a signed
authorisation only in the cases specified under
Rule 152(1) EPC in conjunction with Article 1 ofthe decision of the President of the EPO dated
12 July 2007 on the filing of authorisations, Specialedition No. 3, OJ EPO 2007, L.1.
By contrast, legal practitioners entitled to act asrepresentatives under Article 134(8) EPC andemployees who are representing a party underArticle 133(3), first sentence, EPC but are notprofessional representatives must always file asigned authorisation or refer to a generalauthorisation already on file (Rule 152(1) EPC in
conjunction with Articles 2 and 3 of the abovementioned decision of the President of the EPO
dated 12 July 2007, Special edition No. 3, OJ EPO
2007, L.1.).

Where the authorisation is given by more than one
party, the details for the additional authorisors
must be indicated on an additional sheet.
2.

An authorisation may cover one or more European
patent applications or European patents(Rule 152(2) EPC).

EPO 1003 Note 02.24

All decisions, summonses and communications
will be sent to the appointed representative(Rule 130 EPC), except where employees(Article 133(3) EPC) are authorised, in which casethese documents are sent to the applicant.
An authorisation does not terminate vis-à-vis theEPO upon the death of an authorisor unlessexpressly provided otherwise on a separate sheet(Rule 152(9) EPC).

Enter in the box the name and address of theauthorisor and the state in which their residenceor principal place of business is located, in the way
specified in Rule 41(2)(c) EPC:Enter here the authorisee's name and theaddress of their place of business in the same way
as specified in note 1 above. Please also specify
here whether the authorisee is a professional
representative, a legal practitioner, an employee oran association of representatives. If an associationof representatives within the meaning ofRule 152(11) EPC is authorised, the name and theregistration number of the association must begiven.
Where the authorisation is given to more thanone representative, the details for the additional
authorisees must be indicated on an additional
sheet.

3.

Please indicate in what capacity the authorisor(s)is (are) giving the authorisation by checking theappropriate box.

4.

Enter the number of the European patentapplication or the European patent for which theauthorisation is given. An individual authorisation

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may cover more than one application or patentand entitles a representative to take all proceduralacts on behalf of the authorisor(s) with regard to
those applications or patents. However, thepowers mentioned separately on the form (to act
in PCT proceedings, to act in proceedings
relating to the European patent with unitaryeffect, to receive payments and to issue a subauthorisation) must each be expressly granted bychecking the applicable boxes.
5.

Checking this box entitles the representative to act
in proceedings established by the Patent
Cooperation Treaty.

6.

The EPC provisions governing representation
apply mutatis mutandis to any proceedings relating
to European patents with unitary effect (Rule 20(1)and (2)(I) of the Rules relating to Unitary PatentProtection). Checking this box entitles therepresentative to act in proceedings relating to theEuropean patent with unitary effect, including filinga request for unitary effect.

7.

The EPC provisions on authorisations also apply
to sub-authorisations (Article 133(3), first
sentence, and Rule 152 EPC).

8.

A revocation does not extend to any generalauthorisation which may have been given.

9.

Handwritten (wet) signature(s) of the authorisor(s).
Where the authorisation is signed on behalf of alegal person, only such persons as are entitled
to sign by law, by the legal person's articles ofassociation or equivalent or by a special
mandate may do so. In all cases, an indication is
to be given of the signatory's position within theentity entitling them to sign (e.g. president,
director, company secretary; Geschäftsführer,
Prokurist, Handlungsbevollmächtigter; président,
directeur, fondé de pouvoir). Employees signingon behalf of a legal person must print their nameand their position within the company. They must
be entitled to sign legally binding acts by nationallaw, by the legal entity’s articles of association orequivalent, or by a special mandate. It lies within
the responsibility of the authorisor to ensure thatthe signatory is duly entitled to sign theauthorisation according to the national law
applicable. The EPO reserves the right to request
documentary proof of the signatory's authority tosign if the circumstances of a particular casenecessitate this. An authorisation bearing thesignature of a person not entitled to sign willbe treated as an unsigned authorisation.

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