Guidelines for Examination
PART C
CHAPTER VI EXAMINATION PROCEDURE
8. Search-related issues in examination
8.7 Search at the examination stage
 

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PART C
CHAPTER VI EXAMINATION PROCEDURECHAPTER VI EXAMINATION PROCEDURE
8. Search-related issues in examination8. Search-related issues in examination
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8.7

Search at the examination stage

 

Although in principle all search work (other than for Art. 54(3) material) should be done at the search stage, in exceptional circumstances the examiner is not barred from looking for a relevant document whose existence he knows of or has reason to suspect, if he can retrieve that document in a short time .