Part IV – Procedure up to grant
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16th edition: this version presents the text in force on 1 July 2020. |
The European Patent Office shall, in accordance with the Implementing Regulations, draw up and publish a European search report in respect of the European patent application on the basis of the claims, with due regard to the description and any drawings.
90Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.
91See the notice from the EPO concerning the programme for accelerated prosecution of European patent applications ("PACE"), OJ EPO 2015, A93 and the notice from the EPO concerning ways to expedite the European grant procedure, OJ EPO 2015, A94.