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Guidelines for Search and Examination at the EPO as PCT Authority – Table of Contents
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Background art   F‑II, 4.3

Format of background art citations   F‑II, 4.3.1

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Basis for international preliminary examination   C‑II, 8

Basis for the search   B‑III, 2.1, B‑XII, 3

Subject of the search   B‑III, 2.1

Supplementary international search (SIS)   B‑XII, 3

Basis of the written opinion (WO‑ISA)   B‑XI, 2

Applications containing missing parts or elements, or correct parts or elements, incorporated by reference   B‑XI, 2.1

Applications filed in Dutch   B‑XI, 2.2

Bibliographic elements   B‑X, 9.1.1

Biological material   F‑III, 6.1

Deposit of biological material   F‑III, 6.3

Inventions relating to biological material   F‑III, 6

Public availability of biological material   F‑III, 6.2

Biotechnological inventions   G‑II, 5.2

Exclusions and exceptions for biotechnological inventions   G‑II, 5

Bonus effect   G‑VII, 10.2

Broad claims   B‑III, 2.5, F‑IV, 4.22

Clarity and interpretation of claims   F‑IV, 4.22

Subject of the search   B‑III, 2.5

Burden of proof as regards the possibility of performing and repeating the invention   F‑III, 4

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