The term "preliminary examination" as mentioned in Articles 34 and 40 of the Patent Law refers to examining whether the patent application has the documents and other necessary documents specified in Article 26 or 27 of the Patent Law, and whether these documents conform to the prescribed format, and examining the following matters:
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(2) Whether the application for a patent for utility model obviously falls under the circumstances stipulated in Articles 5 and 25 of the Patent Law, whether it does not conform to the provisions of Articles 18, 19, paragraph 1 and 20 of the Patent Law or Articles 16 to 19 and 21 to 23 of these Rules, and whether it obviously does not conform to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph 3, paragraph 2 and paragraph 4 of Article 22, paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 of Article 26 and Article 31 of the Patent Law.
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It does not meet the preliminary examination, so it is rejected.