A top-up search is mandatory at the outset of PCT Chapter II, subject to some exceptions (see GL/PCT‑EPO C‑IV, 5.2). The date – or absence – of this top-up search must be indicated in the IPER.[Rules 66.1ter; Rule 70.2(f); OJ EPO 2014, A57; GL/ISPE 19.15; GL/ISPE 19.19; GL/ISPE 19.20; ]
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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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