9.2.1 Examples of refunds
9.2.1.3 No refund
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No refund is due
(a)where the subject-matter claimed in the later application represents an invention different from that searched in the earlier application, or
(b)the legal requirements for a refund are not fulfilled, for example where the priority of the earlier application is not validly claimed.