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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,...      
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  
1.4 Special authorised names and symbols of decimal multiples and submultiples of SI units 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



Quantity


Unit



 



 



 


Name



Symbol



Value


Volume


litre


l or L(1)


1 l = 1 dm3 = 10-3 m3


Mass


tonne


t


1 t = 1 Mg = 103 kg


Pressure, stress


bar


bar


1 bar = 105 Pa



(1)

The two symbols 'l' and 'L' may be used for the litre unit.



The prefixes and their symbols listed in 1.3 may be used in conjunction with the units and symbols contained in this table.


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