Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office

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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

9. Reduction of fees

8. No deferred payment of fees, no legal aid, no discretion

10. Refund of fees

9.3 Special reductions

9.2 Reduction under the language arrangements

9.3	Special reductions

9.3.1 Reduction of the search fee for a supplementary European search

9.3.2 Reduction of the examination fee where the international preliminary examination report is being drawn up by the EPO

9.3.3 Reduction of the fees for the international search and international preliminary examination of an international application

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