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Guidelines for Examination in the EPO

Guidelines for Examination - Table of Contents  
PART A GUIDELINES FOR FORMALITIES EXAMINATION General Part PART B  
CHAPTER II FILING OF APPLICATIONS AND EXAMINATION ON FILING CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION CHAPTER III EXAMINATION OF FORMAL REQUIREMENTS  
4. Examination on filing 3. Procedure on filing 5. Late filing of drawings or parts of the description  
4.1 Minimum requirements for according a date of filing      
4.1.3 Description 4.1.2 Information concerning the applicant 4.1.4 Deficiencies  

4.1.3

Description

 

The contents of the description do not require close scrutiny - it is sufficient to identify a document (or documents) which appear(s) to include a description. If instead of filing a description, the applicant has filed a reference to a previously filed application, see II, 4.1.3.1.

 

 4.1.3.1 Reference to a previously filed application


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