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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 V PRECLASSIFICATION (ROUTING) AND OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION OF EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONS CHAPTER IV SEARCH PROCEDURE AND STRATEGY CHAPTER VI THE STATE OF THE ART  
6. Classification when the scope of the invention is not clear (e.g. a partial search) 5. Classification of late-published search reports 7. Classification in cases of a lack of unity of invention  


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Classification when the scope of the invention is not clear (e.g. a partial search)

  

When the scope of the invention is not clear, the classification has to be based on what appears to be the invention insofar as this can be understood. It is then necessary to amend it if obscurities are removed by the search, as discussed in V, 4, last paragraph.

 

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