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Guide for applicants, Part 2: PCT procedure before the EPO (Euro-PCT Guide)

 
 
Table of Contents - Guide for applicants, Part 2: PCT procedure before the EPO (Euro-PCT Guide)
C. The EPO as an International Searching Authority (ISA) and a Supplementary International Searching Authority (SISA)
I. General
Refund of the search fee
Refund of the search fee
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Where the EPO can base the ISR on an earlier search that it has performed on an application whose priority is validly claimed for the international application, the search fee paid will be refunded in part or in full depending upon the extent to which the EPO benefits from that earlier search (see point 143).
R. 4.12, 12bis, 16.3, 41.1 PCT
WIPO PCT Guide 5.073  
OJ 2009, 99
OJ 2010, 341
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No refund is made for an earlier search that was not carried out by the EPO itself and/or if priority has not been validly claimed (see point 144).