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Guidelines for Examination in the EPO

Guidelines for Examination - Table of Contents  
PART B GUIDELINES FOR SEARCH PART A PART C  
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION PART B GUIDELINES FOR SEARCH CHAPTER II GENERAL  
3. Search work 2. Search Division 4. The Extended European Search Report (EESR)  


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Search work

  

European searches are carried out by the Search Divisions of the EPO and may also be entrusted to the central industrial property offices of certain Contracting States. Searches in documents in languages other than the official languages of the EPO may be entrusted to certain of these offices. These guidelines apply to European searches carried out in all these places.

Art. 17

Prot. Centr. I(1), Prot. Centr. I(3),

Prot. Centr. IV(2), Prot. Centr. V



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