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Item amended Date Amended Amended Reason
5.5.4 Claim construction and claim types

HTML cleanup for accessibility - removing empty unordered list elements
5.7.3 Amendment of a provisional application

HTML cleanup for accessibility - removing empty unordered list elements
8.16.2 Convention Country Status Change

HTML cleanup for accessibility - removing empty unordered list elements
8.15.5 Determining Whether Amendments Made Under Articles and Rules of the PCT are Considered During Exam

HTML cleanup for accessibility - removing empty unordered list elements
5.5.4.4 Swiss Claims

HTML cleanup for accessibility - removing empty unordered list elements
6.1.5.1 Abstract

Edited for better readability and accessibility. Edited for consistency with Style Manual. Added formatted subheadings and On this Page menu. Fixed links to direct to correct sections of PCT guidelines.
6.1.6 Subjects to be Excluded from the Search

Edited for better readability, accessibility, and consistency with Style Manual.
6.1.4.4 Markush Practice

Edited to improve readability and accessibility. Broke up text into subheadings. Edited to reduce long sentences and increased spacing between paragraphs. Reorganised for better logical progression.
6.1.4.3 Combinations of Different Categories of Claims

Edited to improve readability and accessibility. Broke up text into subheadings. Edited to reduce long sentences and increased spacing between paragraphs. Reorganised for better logical progression.
6.1.4.14 Reported Decisions on Unity

Edited for better readability and accessibility. Edited for consistency with Style Manual. Added formatted subheadings and On this Page menu. Broke long sentences into lists.
6.1.11.1 Overview - Novelty / Inventive Step

Edited to improve readability and accessibility. Broke up text into subheadings rather than a numbered list. Edited to reduce long sentences and increased spacing between paragraphs.
6.1.10 Non-Patent Literature

Edited to improve readability and accessibility. Added On this Page links and simplified the language for consistency with the Style Manual. Added links to external websites where available.
6.1.4.2 Determining Lack of Unity

Edited for better readability and accessibility. Edited for consistency with Style Manual. Added subheadings and On this Page menu. Rearranged some paragraphs for better logical flow.
6.1.4.11 Payment of Additional Search Fees Under Protest

Edited to improve readability and accessibility. Added headings and On this Page section. Fixed links to creating case notes in RIO.
6.1.4.15 Other Decisions from the EPO

Edited to improve readability and accessibility. Added On this Page links and simplified the language for consistency with the Style Manual.
6.1.2.9 Copending Applications

Edited to improve readability and accessibility. Added links to RIO guidance material for creating case notes.
6.1.4.10 Unsupported, Unclear, Long and/or Complex Claim Sets with Clear Lack of Unity

Edited to improve readability, clarity, and accessibility. Added links to RIO guidance material for issuing ITPs. Reorganised content for better logical flow and broke long sentences into either shorter sentences or lists.
6.1.12.8 Refund Due

Updated links for RIO guidance material to new manual.
6.1.2.4 Extent of Search

Edited to improve clarity, accessibility and consistency with Australian Government style guidelines. Fixed links in key legislation and in text. Added white spaces between dot points and bulk quotation paragraphs.
5.6.13.2 Re-examination process

Added links to RIO guidance material for processing reexamination tasks and voluntary S104 tasks.
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