2.3

Restrictions to file inspection

Subsequent to the publication of the European patent application any person may inspect and obtain information from the files. Inspection of files and communication of information are subject to the restrictions laid down in Rule 93 (see XII, 2.1). If it is decided that certain papers marked "confidential" are not to be excluded from file inspection under Rule 93, they are returned to the sender (see T 516/89, OJ 8/1992, 436).