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 B GUIDELINES FOR SEARCH

PART A

PART C

CHAPTER IV SEARCH PROCEDURE AND STRATEGY

CHAPTER III CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEARCH

CHAPTER V PRECLASSIFICATION (ROUTING) AND OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION OF EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONS

3. Procedure after searching

2. Search strategy

3.	Procedure after searching

3.1 Preparation of the search report

3.2 Documents discovered after completion of the search

3.3 Errors in the search report

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