Guidelines for Examination
PART B
CHAPTER VI THE STATE OF THE ART
6. Contents of prior-art disclosures
6.1 General remark
 

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PART B
CHAPTER VI THE STATE OF THE ARTCHAPTER VI THE STATE OF THE ART
6. Contents of prior-art disclosures6. Contents of prior-art disclosures
       6.2 Citation of documents corresponding to documents not available or not published in one of the official...6.2 Citation of documents corresponding to documents not available or not published in one of the official...  
 

6.1

General remark

 

As a general rule, the Search Division selects for citation only documents which are present in the search documentation or which it has access to in some other manner. In that way, no doubt exists about the contents of the documents cited, since the examiner generally has physically inspected each document cited.