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CHAPTER II CONTENT OF A EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION (OTHER THAN CLAIMS)
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PART C
CHAPTER II CONTENT OF A EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION (OTHER THAN CLAIMS)CHAPTER II CONTENT OF A EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION (OTHER THAN CLAIMS)
CHAPTER II Annex UNITS RECOGNISED IN INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE AND COMPLYING WITH RULE 35(12) (see II,...CHAPTER II Annex UNITS RECOGNISED IN INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE AND COMPLYING WITH RULE 35(12) (see II,...
  1. SI units and their decimal multiples and submultiples1. SI units and their decimal multiples and submultiples     3. Units used with the SI, and whose values in SI are obtained experimentally3. Units used with the SI, and whose values in SI are obtained experimentally  
 

2.

Units which are defined on the basis of SI units but are not decimal multiples or submultiples thereof



Quantity



Unit



 



 



 



Name



Symbol



Value



Plane angle



revolution(a)



 



1 revolution = 2 p rad



 



grade or gon



gon



1 gon = p / 200 rad



 



degree



 



1  = p / 180 rad



 



minute of angle



'



1' = p / 10 800 rad



 



second of angle



"



1" = p / 648 000 rad



Time



minute



min



1 min = 60 s



 



hour



h



1 h = 3 600 s



 



day



d



1 d = 86 400 s



(a)

No international symbol exists



The prefixes listed in 1.3 may only be used in conjunction with the names 'grade' or 'gon' and the symbols only with the symbol 'gon'.