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`Jitsuyo Shinan Kbho
`1922-1996
`Jitsuyo Shinan Tbmoku Koho
`1996—2004
`Kbkai Jitsuyo Shinan Koho
`1971-2004
`Tbroku Jitsuyo Shinan Kbho
`1994—2004
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`C, DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT
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`Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages
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`Relevant to claim No.
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`document which may throw doubts on priority claim(s) or which is
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`document refer-ring to an oral disclosure, use, exhibition or other
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`Date of the actual completion of the international search
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`considered novel or cannot be considered to involve an inventive
`step when the document is taken alone
`document ofparticular relevance; the claimed invention cannot be
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`combined with one or more other such documents, such
`combination being obvious to a person skilled in the art
`document member of the same patent family
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`Date of mailing of the international search report
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