Section B‑VI, 5.6, in the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO applies mutatis mutandis.

See also ISPE Guidelines 11.23 and 15.64-ISPE Guidelines 15.6

Section B‑VI, 5.4, in the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO applies mutatis mutandis.

See also ISPE Guidelines 11.11.

Section B‑VI, 5.2, in the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO applies mutatis mutandis.

5.1 Verification of claimed priority date(s)

5.2 Intermediate documents

5.3 Doubts as to the validity of the priority claim; extension of the search

5.4 Documents published after the filing date

Generally, where the international search is concluded less than eighteen months after the international filing date of the application, it will not be possible at the time of the search to make a complete search for potentially conflicting European and international applications.