Article 16
(1) If the Office decides that the application does not have any formal deficiencies, it shall examine the application in accordance with Article 5. As a result of the examination, if it is concluded that the application may not be registered for some or all of the goods or services in the scope of the application, the application shall be refused for those goods or services.
(2) An application, which has fulfilled the conditions of application and has not been refused according to the Article 15 and first paragraph of this Article, shall be published in the Bulletin.
(3) In case the application is decided to be refused in accordance with the Article 15 and first paragraph of this Article after the publication, this decision shall also be published in the Bulletin.