Guidelines for Examination
PART E
 CHAPTER IX APPLICATIONS UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT)
6. The EPO as an elected Office
6.5 Inspection of files 		 

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PART E
CHAPTER IX APPLICATIONS UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT)CHAPTER IX APPLICATIONS UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT)
6. The EPO as an elected Office6. The EPO as an elected Office
  6.4 Substantive examination of a Euro-PCT application accompanied by an international preliminary...6.4 Substantive examination of a Euro-PCT application accompanied by an international preliminary...       
 

6.5

Inspection of files

 

In its capacity as elected Office the EPO allows access to its files (including the entire PCT Chapter II file) relating to the international phase of applications filed on or after 1 July 1998, provided international publication has taken place and , as far as the PCT Chapter II file is concerned, the IPER has been completed. The above applies mutatis mutandis to the communication of information from the files.

 

Rule 94.3 PCT



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