Guidelines for Examination:PART B: CHAPTER IX SEARCH DOCUMENTATION, 2. Patent documents arranged for systematic access, 2.2 Other national patent documents

Guidelines for Examination
PART B
CHAPTER IX SEARCH DOCUMENTATION
2. Patent documents arranged for systematic access
2.2 Other national patent documents

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PART B
CHAPTER IX SEARCH DOCUMENTATION
2. Patent documents arranged for systematic access

2.1 PCT minimum documentation

2.3 Unpublished patent applications

2.2	Other national patent documents

The search files furthermore include the following national patent documents:

(i)	patents published by France, Germany or the United Kingdom before 1920;

(ii)	patents and applications for patents published by the Netherlands (from 1912);

(iii)

patents published by Belgium since 1926 and Luxembourg since 1946.

Note: a small part of these, published in the French or German language, and not claiming priority, is analogous to the part of the PCT minimum documentation referred to in IX, 2.1(iii) above.