Guidelines for Examination:PART C: CHAPTER V PRIORITY, 2. Determining priority dates, 2.4 Some examples of determining priority dates

Guidelines for Examination
PART C
CHAPTER V PRIORITY
2. Determining priority dates
2.4 Some examples of determining priority dates

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PART C
CHAPTER V PRIORITY
2. Determining priority dates

2.3 Priority claim not valid

2.4	Some examples of determining priority dates

Note: the dates used are merely illustrative; they do not take account of the fact that the filing offices of the EPO are closed on weekends and certain public holidays.

2.4.1 Intermediate publication of the contents of the priority application:

2.4.2 Intermediate publication of another European application:

2.4.3 Multiple priorities claimed for different inventions in the application with an intermediate publication of one of the inventions:

2.4.4 A situation in which it has to be checked whether the application from which priority is actually claimed is the first application in the sense of Art. 87(1):