Part C – Guidelines for Procedural Aspects of Substantive Examination
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Chapter III – The first stage of examination
Overview
Chapter III – The first stage of examination
1. Missing parts or elements
2. Amendments made by applicants of their own volition
3. Unity of invention
4. First communication
5. Summons to oral proceedings as the first action in examination
6. Requesting information on prior art (not confined to priority)
7. Evaluation of prior-art documents cited in the search report and late priority claim
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