Part A – Guidelines for Formalities Examination
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Chapter III – Examination of formal requirements

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Chapter III – Examination of formal requirements

1. General
2. Representation
3. Physical requirements
4. Request for grant
5. Designation of inventor
6. Claim to priority (see also F‑VI)
7. Title of the invention
8. Prohibited matter
9. Claims fee
10. Abstract
11. Designation of contracting states
12. Extension and validation of European patent applications and patents to/in states not party to the EPC
13. Filing and search fees
14. Translation of the application
15. Late filing of claims
16. Correction of deficiencies
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