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Guidelines for Examination in the EPO

Guidelines for Examination - Table of Contents  
PART C GUIDELINES FOR SUBSTANTIVE EXAMINATION PART B PART D  
CHAPTER II CONTENT OF A EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION (OTHER THAN CLAIMS) CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION CHAPTER III CLAIMS  
CHAPTER II Annex UNITS RECOGNISED IN INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE AND COMPLYING WITH RULE 49(11) (see II,...      

CHAPTER II - Annex

UNITS RECOGNISED IN INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE AND COMPLYING WITH RULE 49(11) (see II, 4.16)*



LIST OF CONTENTS


1.

SI units and their decimal multiples and submultiples

1.1

SI base units

1.1.1

Special name and symbol of the SI unit of temperature for expressing Celsius temperature

1.2

Other SI units

1.2.1

Supplementary SI units

1.2.2

Derived SI units

1.2.3

Derived SI units having names and symbols

1.3

Prefixes and their symbols used to designate certain decimal multiples and submultiples

1.4

Special authorised names and symbols of decimal multiples and submultiples of SI units

2.

Units which are defined on the basis of SI units but are not decimal multiples or submultiples thereof

3.

Units used with the SI, whose values in SI are obtained experimentally

4.

Units and names of units permitted in specialised fields only

5.

Compound units


*

Based on Chapter I of the Annex to EEC Directive 80/181/EEC of 20.12.1979, as amended by EEC Directives 85/1/EEC of 18.12.1984, 89/617/EEC of 27.11.1989 and 1999/103/EC of 24.01.2000.

 
 
 
 
 

 1. SI units and their decimal multiples and submultiples

 2. Units which are defined on the basis of SI units but are not decimal multiples or submultiples thereof

 3. Units used with the SI, and whose values in SI are obtained experimentally

 4. Units and names of units permitted in specialised fields only

 5. Compound units


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