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

3. Kinds of claim

2. Form and content of claims

4. Clarity and interpretation of claims

3.	Kinds of claim

3.2 Number of independent claims

3.3 Objection under Rule 43(2)

3.4 Independent and dependent claims

3.5 Arrangement of claims

3.6 Subject-matter of a dependent claim

3.7 Alternatives in a claim

3.8 Independent claims containing a reference to another claim

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