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Guidelines for Examination in the EPO

 
 
Guidelines for Examination - Table of Contents  
General Part Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office  

 

General Part

 

Contents


 

1.

Preliminary remarks

 

2.

Explanatory notes

 

2.1

Overview

 

2.2

Abbreviations

 

3.

General remarks

 

4.

Work at the EPO

 

5.

Survey of the processing of applications and patents at the EPO

 

6.

Contracting States to the EPC

 

7.

Extension to states not party to the EPC