The Auslegeschrift was, in German patent law, the second reading, or publication, of a patent application. It has been examined and published.German-English Chemistry dictionary web site. Accessed July 7, 2008.German-English dictionary. Accessed July 7, 2008.Babel dictionary. Accessed July 7, 2008.
German patents are often numbered or cited by the Auslegeschrift.German patent numbering system . Accessed July 7, 2008. This staged system was, from 1981 onwards, dropped. However, it continues to exist in many patent searches.See, e.g., Google search for Auslegeschrift. Accessed July 7, 2008.
See also European patent law History of patent law German Patent and Trade Mark Office Glossary of patent law terms
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