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`Basic definitions
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`A document
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`European patent application, published 18 months after filing with the EPO or 18 months after priority date
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`A1 document
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`European patent application published with European search report
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`A2 document
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`European patent application published without European search report (search report not available at the publication date)
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`A3 document
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`Separate publication of the European search report
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`A4 document
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`Supplementary search report
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`Corrected A document
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`A8 document
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`Corrected title page of an A document, ie. A1 or A2 document.
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`A9 document
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`Complete reprint of an A document, ie. A1, A2 or A3 document.
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`B document
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`European patent specification
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`B1 document
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`European patent specification (granted patent)
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`B2 document
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`New European patent specification (amended specification)
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`B3 document
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`European patent specification (after limitation procedure)
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`https://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/helpful-resources/first-time-here/definitions.html
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`8/14/2017
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`Symantec Exhibit 2008
`Zscaler v. Symantec, IPR 2017-01345
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`EPO - Basic definitions
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`Corrected B document
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`B8 document
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`Corrected title page of a B document, ie. B1 or B2 document.
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`B9 document
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`Complete reprint of a B document, ie. B1 or B2 document.
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`Publication date
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`Publication date of the original European patent document, ie. A1, A2, A3, B1, B2 or B3 document.
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`Issue date (of the correction)
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`Date of issue of the corrected version of a European patent document.
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`W1
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`Supplementary correction code indicating the first (1st) corrected version of a patent document
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`W2
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`Supplementary correction code indicating the second (2nd) corrected version of a patent document
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`Last updated: 18.4.2017
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`https://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/helpful-resources/first-time-here/definitions.html
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`8/14/2017
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`Symantec Exhibit 2008
`Zscaler v. Symantec, IPR 2017-01345
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