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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  
2. Form and content of claims 1. General 3. Kinds of claim  
2.4 Formulae and tables 2.3 Two-part form unsuitable    

2.4

Formulae and tables

 

The claims, as well as the description, may contain chemical or mathematical formulae but not drawings. The claims may contain tables but "only if their subject-matter makes the use of tables desirable". In view of the use of the word "desirable" in this Rule, the examiner should not object to the use of tables in claims where this form is convenient.

Rule 49(9)




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