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European patent applications must relate to a single invention only, or to a group of inventions so linked as to form a single general inventive concept. In the latter case, multiple independent claims in the same category are allowed as long as they comply with Rule 43(2); but the more usual scenario is multiple independent claims in different categories (see point 85). | |
Art. 82
R. 43(2), 44
Guid. C-III, 7
OJ 2002, 112
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