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In a patent search report, this is the type of information no applicant wants to receive. When a document is classified as X, the Examiner is indicating that there is prior art which, on its own, calls into question the novelty or inventive step of the invention.

This is unwelcome news for any applicant, who will need to carefully assess the document and seek to argue that it does not prevent the successful grant of the application.

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