For inventions which the applicant has deleted in accordance with C-III, 3.1.1 or C-III, 3.1.2, the applicant may file divisional applications.
The filing of a divisional application is subject to the proviso that this is only possible if, when a divisional application is filed, the application being divided is still pending (see A-IV, 1.1.1.1) and at least one of the periods provided for under Rule 36(1)(a) and Rule 36(1)(b) has not yet expired (see A-IV, 1.1.1.2 and A-IV, 1.1.1.3).