Guidelines for Examination:PART B: CHAPTER IX SEARCH DOCUMENTATION, 6. Search documentation at the various EPO sites, 6.2 Search documentation in paper form

Guidelines for Examination
PART B
CHAPTER IX SEARCH DOCUMENTATION
6. Search documentation at the various EPO sites
6.2 Search documentation in paper form

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PART B
CHAPTER IX SEARCH DOCUMENTATION
6. Search documentation at the various EPO sites

6.1 Electronic search documentation

6.2	Search documentation in paper form

The search documentation of the Berlin sub-office in paper form shows the following main differences with respect to that at The Hague: it includes the utility models of the Federal Republic of Germany and the patent documents of Austria and the German Democratic Republic, but includes the patent documents of Belgium and Luxembourg only as from 1978 and does not include the patent documents of the Netherlands.

The maintenance of this documentation in paper form is discontinued for those technical fields where low use is made, either as a result of the increased use of electronic tools or of a concentration of the technical fields in which searches are performed (active fields).

The available non-patent literature in the Berlin sub-office at present contains subscriptions to 360 periodicals including the PCT minimum documentation list of periodicals, as well as about 21.000 books.