GL B I 2.1 Consultation with other examiners

The search division entrusted with the search may consult other examiners for advice on any number of issues, for example:

(i)online searches in databases with which the search division is not familiar;

(ii)understanding aspects of the claimed invention which may lie outside the area of technical expertise of the search division;

(iii)constructing a search strategy (see also B‑I, 2.2);

(iv)interpreting the relevance of a prior-art document for determining the patentability of claimed subject-matter (see B‑X, 9.2).

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/guidelines/e/b_i_2_1.htm

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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