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INTRODUCTION

This Part contains guidelines for those procedural steps in respect of the examination of European patent applications and patents which without major variations may, in so far as the Convention and the Implementing Regulations permit, occur at a number of stages in the procedure. Attention is also drawn to Art. 125, which states: "In the absence of procedural provisions in this Convention, the EPO shall take into account the principles of procedural law generally recognized in the Contracting States".
These guidelines also apply to any international applications which the EPO may process under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

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