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Rule 63 Verdrag inzake de verlening van Europese octrooien (Europees Octrooiverdrag)

EUROPEAN SEARCH REPORT

1 If the European Patent Office considers that the European patent application fails to such an extent to comply with this Convention that it is impossible to carry out a meaningful search regarding the state of the art on the basis of all or some of the subject-matter claimed, it shall invite the applicant to file, within a period of two months, a statement indicating the subject-matter to be searched.

2 If the statement under paragraph 1 is not filed in due time, or if it is not sufficient to overcome the deficiency noted under paragraph 1, the European Patent Office shall either issue a reasoned declaration stating that the European patent application fails to such an extent to comply with this Convention that it is impossible to carry out a meaningful search regarding the state of the art on the basis of all or some of the subject-matter claimed or, as far as is practicable, draw up a partial search report. The reasoned declaration or the partial search report shall be considered, for the purposes of subsequent proceedings, as the European search report.

3 When a partial search report has been drawn up, the Examining Division shall invite the applicant to restrict the claims to the subject-matter searched unless it finds that the objection under paragraph 1 was not justified.

Regeling
Verdrag inzake de verlening van Europese octrooien (Europees Octrooiverdrag)
Afkortingen
EOV, Europees Octrooiverdrag
Soort
Verdrag
Geldend vanaf
01-06-2026
BWB-id
BWBV0003819
Versie
2026-06-01_0

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