2. Search division
2.1 Consultation with other examiners
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The search division entrusted with the search may consult other examiners for advice on any number of issues, for example:
(i)online searches in databases with which the search division is not familiar;
(ii)understanding aspects of the claimed invention which may lie outside the area of technical expertise of the search division;
(iii)constructing a search strategy (see also B‑I, 2.2);
(iv)interpreting the relevance of a prior-art document for determining the patentability of claimed subject-matter (see B‑X, 9.2).