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 XII THE SEARCH OPINION

CHAPTER XI THE ABSTRACT

CHAPTER XII

THE SEARCH OPINION

1. Search opinion is part of the EESR

2. Basis of the search opinion

3. Analysis of the application and content of the search opinion

4. Priority claim and the search opinion

5. Matters of doubt in the state of the art

6. Unity in relation to the search opinion

7. The search opinion in cases of a limitation of the search

8. No search opinion is issued

9. Reaction to the Extended European Search Report (EESR)

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