9.2 Refund of the (additional) international search fee
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9.2.1 Examples of refunds

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9.2.1.3 No refund 

No refund is due

(a)where the subject-matter claimed in the later application represents an invention different from that searched in the earlier application, or 

(b)the legal requirements for a refund are not fulfilled, for example where the priority of the earlier application is not validly claimed. 

OJ EPO 2009, 99, 2.3

OJ EPO 2023, A5

OJ EPO 2024, A7

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