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 IV PATENTABILITY

CHAPTER III CLAIMS

CHAPTER V PRIORITY

CHAPTER IV

PATENTABILITY

3. Biotechnological inventions

4. Exceptions to patentability

5. Industrial application

6. State of the art

7. Conflict with other European applications

8. Conflict with national rights of earlier date

10. Non-prejudicial disclosures

11. Inventive step

CHAPTER IV Annex EXAMPLES RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT OF INVENTIVE STEP INDICATORS (see IV, 11.13)

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