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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 III CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEARCH CHAPTER II GENERAL CHAPTER IV SEARCH PROCEDURE AND STRATEGY  
2. Scope of the search 1. The objective of the search 3. The subject of the search  
2.3 Special documents to be consulted 2.2 Effectiveness and efficiency of the search 2.4 Search in analogous fields  

2.3

Special documents to be consulted

 

Certain categories of documents such as documents of the Scandinavian countries may be of special relevance to the European patent system, though they do not form part of the PCT minimum documentation. All these documents should be consulted for European searches, additional European searches and international-type searches, and also for national searches unless specifically excluded in the agreement with the State concerned.

 


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