Guidelines for Examination
PART B
CHAPTER III CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEARCH
3. The subject of the search
3.12 Lack of unity
 

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PART B
CHAPTER III CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEARCHCHAPTER III CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEARCH
3. The subject of the search3. The subject of the search
  3.11 Subject-matter excluded from search3.11 Subject-matter excluded from search     3.13 Technological background3.13 Technological background  
 

3.12

Lack of unity

 

Also, when the claims of the application do not relate to one invention only, nor to a group of inventions linked so as to form a single general inventive concept, the search will normally be restricted to the invention or the linked group of inventions first mentioned in the claims (see Chapter VII). Restriction of the search for the above reasons will be notified to the applicant in a communication accompanying the partial search report (see VII, 1.2).

 

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