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PCT minimum documentation
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The systematically accessible search documentation includes the national patent documents belonging to the PCT minimum documentation as specified in Rule 34.1(b)(i) and (c) PCT:
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(i)
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the patents and/or published patent applications, published in or after 1920 by France, the former Reichspatentamt of Germany, Switzerland (in the French and German languages only), the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the United States of America;
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the utility certificates, and/or published applications therefor, issued by France;
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the patents and/or published patent applications in which no priority is claimed, published by Austria, Australia and Canada after 1970, as selected and made available by these countries;
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the abstracts in English of the patents and/or published patent applications issued by Japan, the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, and the inventors' certificates issued by the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, for which abstracts in the English language are generally available, are included.
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Also included are published international (PCT) and regional (e.g. European) patent applications, patents, and inventors' certificates (Rule 34.1(b)(ii) PCT).
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CHAPTER IX SEARCH DOCUMENTATION
2.2 Other national patent documents
