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Chapter I – Filing and requirements of the European patent application

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Article 8277
Unity of invention

The European patent application shall relate to one invention only or to a group of inventions so linked as to form a single general inventive concept.


77See decision/opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/91, G 2/92, G 1/11 (Annex I).

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