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43.5 Citations - Patent Cooperation Treaty
§ 43.5 Citations
(a) The international search report shall contain the citations of the documents considered to be relevant.
(b) The method of identifying any cited document shall be regulated by the Administrative Instructions.
(c) Citations of particular relevance shall be specially indicated.
(d) Citations which are not relevant to all the claims shall be cited in relation to the claim or claims to which they are relevant.
(e) If only certain passages of the cited document are relevant or particularly relevant, they shall be identified, for example, by indicating the page, the column, or the lines, where the passage appears. If the entire document is relevant but some passages are of particular relevance, such passages shall be identified unless such identification is not practicable.
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