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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 III EXAMINATION OF FORMAL REQUIREMENTS CHAPTER II FILING OF APPLICATIONS AND EXAMINATION ON FILING CHAPTER IV SPECIAL PROVISIONS  
6. Claim to priority (see also C-V) 5. Designation of inventor 7. Title of the invention  
6.4 Examination of the priority document 6.3 Multiple priorities 6.5 Declaration of priority  

6.4

Examination of the priority document

 

The Receiving Section need not examine the content of the priority document. However, where it is obvious, e.g. from the title of the document, that the document relates to subject-matter quite different from that of the application, the applicant should be informed that it appears that the document filed is not the relevant document.

 


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