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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 XI FEES CHAPTER X DRAWINGS CHAPTER XII INSPECTION OF FILES; COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN FILES; CONSULTATION OF THE REGISTER OF EUROPEAN PATENTS; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFIED COPIES  
10. Refund of fees 9. Reduction of fees    
10.2 Special refunds 10.1 General remarks 10.3 Method of refund  
10.2.2 Refund of the further search fee 10.2.1 Refund of the search fee 10.2.3 Refund of the international search fee  

10.2.2

Refund of the further search fee

 

If an applicant, following a communication from the Search Division, has paid a further search fee but the Examining Division, at the applicant's request, has found that there was no justification for charging the further search fee, the latter will be repaid.

Rule 64(2)




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