Guidelines for Examination
PART A
 CHAPTER VII APPLICATIONS UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) BEFORE THE EPO ACTING AS A DESIGNATED OR...
3. Provisions of Chapter III (Examination of formal requirements)
3.6 Title of the invention 		 

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PART A
CHAPTER VII APPLICATIONS UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) BEFORE THE EPO ACTING AS A DESIGNATED OR...CHAPTER VII APPLICATIONS UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) BEFORE THE EPO ACTING AS A DESIGNATED OR...
3. Provisions of Chapter III (Examination of formal requirements)3. Provisions of Chapter III (Examination of formal requirements)
  3.5 Claim to priority3.5 Claim to priority     3.7 Prohibited matter3.7 Prohibited matter  
 

3.6

Title of the invention

 

In relation to III, 7 ("Title of the invention"), the title need only meet the less demanding requirements of Rule 4.3 PCT rather than those set out in III, 7.1 and III, 7.2.

 
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