Chapter II Procedure for limitation or revocation

Rule 90 – Subject of proceedings

Rule 91 – Responsibility for proceedings

Rule 92 – Requirements of the request

Rule 93 – Precedence of opposition proceedings

Chapter I Opposition procedure

Rule 75 – Surrender or lapse of the patent

Rule 76 – Form and content of the opposition

Rule 77 – Rejection of the opposition as inadmissible

Chapter V The European patent specification

Rule 73 – Content and form of the specification

Rule 74 – Certificate for a European patent

Chapter IV Examination by the Examining Division

Rule 70a – Response to the extended European search report

Rule 70b – Request for a copy of search results

Rule 71 – Examination procedure

Rule 71a – Conclusion of the grant procedure

Chapter III Publication of the European patent application

Rule 67 – Technical preparations for publication

Rule 68 – Form of the publication of European patent applications and European search reports

Rule 69 – Information about publication

Chapter II European search report

Rule 61 – Content of the European search report

Rule 62 – Extended European search report

Rule 62a – Applications containing a plurality of independent claims

Rule 63 – Incomplete search

Chapter I Examination by the Receiving Section

Rule 55 – Examination on filing

Rule 56 – Missing parts of the description or missing drawings

Rule 57 – Examination as to formal requirements

Chapter IV Priority

Rule 52 – Declaration of priority

Rule 53 – Priority documents

Rule 54 – Issuing priority documents

Chapter III Renewal fees

Rule 51 – Payment of renewal fees

Chapter II Provisions governing the application

Rule 41 – Request for grant

Rule 42 – Content of the description

Rule 43 – Form and content of claims

Rule 44 – Unity of invention

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