Guidelines for Examination
PART B
 CHAPTER V PRECLASSIFICATION (ROUTING) AND OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION OF EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONS
6. Classification when the scope of the invention is not clear (e.g. a partial search) 		 

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PART B
CHAPTER V PRECLASSIFICATION (ROUTING) AND OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION OF EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONSCHAPTER V PRECLASSIFICATION (ROUTING) AND OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION OF EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONS
  5. Classification of late-published search reports5. Classification of late-published search reports     7. Classification in cases of a lack of unity of invention7. Classification in cases of a lack of unity of invention  
 

6.

Classification when the scope of the invention is not clear (e.g. a partial search)

 

When the scope of the invention is not clear, the classification has to be based on what appears to be the invention insofar as this can be understood. It is then necessary to amend it if obscurities are removed by the search, as discussed in V, 4, last paragraph.

 
Index:CHAPTER V PRECLASSIFICATION (ROUTING) AND OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION OF EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONSCHAPTER V PRECLASSIFICATION (ROUTING) AND OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION OF EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONS 5. Classification of late-published search reports 7. Classification in cases of a lack of unity of invention

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