The European Patent Office shall, in accordance with the Implementing Regulations, draw up and publish a European search report in respect of the European patent application on the basis of the claims, with due regard to the description and any drawings.

Notes

1. Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.
2. See notice from the EPO concerning the programme for accelerated prosecution of European patent applications "PACE" (OJ EPO 2015, A93) and notice from the EPO concerning ways to expedite the European grant procedure (OJ EPO 2015, A94).
3. See notice from the EPO of 16.12.2025 concerning the handling of enquiries as to the processing of files (OJ EPO 2025, A70).