Guidelines for Examination
PART E
 CHAPTER IX APPLICATIONS UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) 		 

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PART E
  CHAPTER VIII TIME LIMITS, LOSS OF RIGHTS, FURTHER AND ACCELERATED PROCESSING AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF...CHAPTER VIII TIME LIMITS, LOSS OF RIGHTS, FURTHER AND ACCELERATED PROCESSING AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF...     CHAPTER X DECISIONSCHAPTER X DECISIONS  
1. General remarks

2. The EPO as a receiving Office

3. The EPO as an International Searching Authority (ISA)

3.1 General remarks

3.2 Limitations

4. The EPO as an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA)

4.1 General remarks

4.2 The international preliminary examination report (IPER)

5. The EPO as a designated Office

5.1 General remarks

5.2 Communication to the EPO as a designated Office

5.3 Publication of the translation of the international application

5.4 Supplementary European search report

5.5 Delaying of the procedure before the EPO

5.6 Review by the EPO as a designated Office

5.7 Examination and processing

5.8 Inspection of files

6. The EPO as an elected Office

6.1 General remarks

6.2 Opening of the European phase and of substantive examination

6.3 (deleted)

6.4 Substantive examination of a Euro-PCT application accompanied by an international preliminary...

6.4.1 Comparative test results

6.4.2 Documents forming the basis for substantive examination

6.4.3 Consideration of the contents of the international preliminary examination report during substantive...

6.5 Inspection of files

 
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