GL B II 4.3.1 Dispensing with the supplementary European search report

According to decisions taken by the Administrative Council, no supplementary European search report is drawn up in respect of an international application for which:
(i)the EPO was the International Searching Authority or the Supplementary International Searching Authority (OJ EPO 2009, 594; OJ EPO 2010, 316);
(ii)the Swedish Intellectual Property Office, the Austrian Patent Office or the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office was the International Searching Authority and where the international application was filed before 1 July 2005 (OJ EPO 1979, 248; OJ EPO 1995, 511; OJ EPO 2012, 212 and 219).
A fee reduction may apply (see A-X, 9.3.1).

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/guidelines/e/b_ii_4_3_1.htm

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPO Guidelines - A Formalities Examination

EPO Guidelines - B Search

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

EPO Guidelines - F The European Patent Application