Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office

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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 III CLAIMS

CHAPTER II CONTENT OF A EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION (OTHER THAN CLAIMS)

CHAPTER IV PATENTABILITY

CHAPTER III

CLAIMS

2. Form and content of claims

3. Kinds of claim

4. Clarity and interpretation of claims

5. Conciseness, number of claims

6. Support in description

7. Unity of invention

8. Different texts of the patent application in respect of different Contracting States (see also D-VII, 4)

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