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GA C3.3.4 3.3.4.

Limitations related to the subject-matter

3.3.005

The EPO is not required to perform an international search if the application relates to subject-matter which is not regarded as an invention or susceptible of industrial application or which is excluded from patentability under the provisions of the EPC. Here, the criteria applied for the decision not to perform an international search are the same as for the European procedure. This means that the discretion of an ISA not to search subject-matter set forth in Rule 39.1 PCT is used by the EPO as ISA only to the extent that such subject-matter is not searched under the provisions of the EPC.

Art. 17(2)(a)(i) PCT

Agreement EPO-WIPO, Art. 4,

Annex C

OJ 2018, A24, A35

GL/PCT-EPO B‑VIII, 1-3

WIPO PCT Guide 7.013

Business methods

Source: http://www.epo.org/applying/international/guide-for-applicants/html/e/ga_c3_3_4.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

12 references found.

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EPO PCT GL - B Search

X GL-PCT B VIII 1 General remarks

X GL-PCT B VIII 3 No meaningful search possible

EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int.

X GA INDEX "Euro-PCT Guide":

EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int. - C The EPO as ISA and SISA

X GA C3.3.1 3.3.1.

X GA C3.3.4.2 3.3.4.2

X GA C3.4.2 3.4.2.

PCT Articles

X A.17 PCT Procedure Before the International Searching Authority

PCT Implementing Rules

X R.39 PCT Subject Matter under Article 17(2)(a)(i)

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO 2018, A35 - Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT – Annex D

X OJ EPO 2018, A24 - Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT – Annex A

X OJ EPO 2017, A115 - New agreement between the European Patent Organisation and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization in relation to the functioning of the European Patent Office as an International Searching [..]