Guidelines for Examination
PART B
CHAPTER IX SEARCH DOCUMENTATION
2. Patent documents arranged for systematic access
2.3 Unpublished patent applications
 

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PART B
CHAPTER IX SEARCH DOCUMENTATIONCHAPTER IX SEARCH DOCUMENTATION
2. Patent documents arranged for systematic access2. Patent documents arranged for systematic access
  2.2 Other national patent documents2.2 Other national patent documents     2.4 Search reports2.4 Search reports  
 

2.3

Unpublished patent applications

 

Since the completion of the search for conflicting applications that are not published at the time of the initial search is entrusted to the Examining Divisions, the documents which can be cited in the search report do not include unpublished patent applications (see VI, 4.1).