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Guidelines for Examination

 
 
Table of Contents - Guidelines for Examination
Part A Guidelines for Formalities Examination
Chapter III – Examination of formal requirements
1. General
1.1 Formal requirements
1.1
Formal requirements 

The formal requirements that an application has to meet and which are the subject of an examination by the Receiving Section are those specified in Art. 90(3). These requirements relate to the following:

Art. 90(3)

(i)
representation; 
(ii)
physical requirements of the application; 
(iii)
abstract; 
(iv)
request for grant; 
(v)
claim to priority; 
(vi)
designation of inventor; 
(vii)
translations, where required; 
(viii)
the presence of at least one claim; 
(ix)
filing and search fees 
References

Art. 90(3)