3. Form and language of the search report
3.1 Form
The standard search report has a main page used for all searches to record the most important information, including:
(ii)the application's classification
(iii)the technical fields searched
(iv)the relevant documents found in the search
(v)the name of the search division member who carried out the search
plus supplemental sheet A and, in certain cases, also supplemental sheet B.
Supplemental sheet A is used for recording whether the title, the abstract as filed by the applicant and the figure to be published with the abstract were approved or amended and for providing the translation of the title into the other two official languages (see B‑X, 7).
Supplemental sheet B has to be filled in if the search was restricted, i.e. when claims were not searched because the claims fees had not been paid (see B‑III, 3.4), when there is a lack of unity of invention (see B‑VII), when a meaningful search was not possible and so the search report is either incomplete or replaced entirely by a declaration under Rule 63 (see B‑VIII, 3) or when the search was limited under Rule 62a (see B‑VIII, 4).
Dates are given in the format specified in WIPO standard ST.2.