Guidelines for Examination
PART A
 CHAPTER III EXAMINATION OF FORMAL REQUIREMENTS
1. General
1.1 Formal requirements 		 

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PART A
CHAPTER III EXAMINATION OF FORMAL REQUIREMENTSCHAPTER III EXAMINATION OF FORMAL REQUIREMENTS
1. General1. General
       1.2 Further checks1.2 Further checks  
 

1.1

Formal requirements

 

The formal requirements that an application has to meet and which are the subject of an examination by the Receiving Section are those specified in Art. 91(1)(a) to (g). These requirements relate to the following:

 

Art. 91



(i)

representation;

 

(ii)

physical requirements of the application;

 

(iii)

abstract;

 

(iv)

request for grant;

 

(v)

claim to priority;

 

(vi)

designation fees (see also C-VI, 1.4);

 

(vii)

designation of inventor; and

 

(viii)

filing of drawings.

 
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