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Fill in and submit form Π.18 to request preliminary protection of claims of a European patent application.

The fee of one hundred euro (€100) is paid with the submission of the form, payable in cash, by cheque, through an account maintained with the Department of Registrar Companies and Intellectual Property or through bank transfer.

In case where a power of attorney covering the said procedure has not already been filed, the form for authorising an agent (form Π.8) must be attached.

For further information regarding the completion of the form and the relevant procedure, you may refer to the main criteria of review and to the page granting preliminary protection of claims, respectively.