7. Search-related issues in examination
7.4 7.3 Search at the examination stage
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Although in principle all search work (other than for Art. 54(3) material) should be done at the search stage, in exceptional circumstances examiners are not barred from looking for a relevant document whose existence they know of or have reason to suspect, if they can retrieve that document in a short time.