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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  
8. Verification of official classification 7. Classification in cases of a lack of unity of invention    


8.

Verification of official classification

 

As a general rule, applications will not be systematically scrutinised after leaving the Search Division in order to verify the correctness of the official classification assigned by the examiner. The Office may, however, institute such sampling check procedures as are deemed necessary to ensure correctness and uniformity in the application of the IPC. It is, of course, for the director to arrange for such checks as he considers necessary, having regard to the experience of his examiners, before the applications leave his directorate.

 


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