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Guidelines for Examination in the EPO

Guidelines for Examination - Table of Contents  
PART C GUIDELINES FOR SUBSTANTIVE EXAMINATION PART B PART D  
CHAPTER II CONTENT OF A EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION (OTHER THAN CLAIMS) CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION CHAPTER III CLAIMS  
7. Prohibited matter 6. Inventions relating to biological material    
7.5 Omission of matter from publication 7.4 Irrelevant matter    

7.5

Omission of matter from publication

 

Generally, the Receiving Section will deal with matter falling under category 1(a) and may have dealt with matter obviously falling within category 1(b), but if any such matter has not been so recognised and has therefore not been omitted from the publication of the application, it should be required to be removed during examination of the application together with any other prohibited matter. The applicant should be informed of the category under which matter is required to be removed.

 


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