Part F – The European Patent Application
  1. Home
  2. Legal texts
  3. Guidelines for Examination
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Part F
  6. Chapter III
Print
Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email

Chapter III – Sufficiency of disclosure

Overview

Chapter III – Sufficiency of disclosure

1. Sufficiency of disclosure
2. Art. 83 vs Art. 123(2)
3. Insufficient disclosure
4. Burden of proof in relation to the possibility of performing and repeating the invention
5. Cases of partially insufficient disclosure
6. Inventions relating to biological material
7. Proper names, trade marks and trade names
8. Reference documents
9. "Reach-through" claims
10. Sufficiency of disclosure and Rules 56 and 56a
11. Sufficiency of disclosure and clarity
12. Sufficiency of disclosure and inventive step
Previous
Next
Footer - Service & support
  • Service & support
    • Website updates
    • Availability of online services
    • FAQ
    • Publications
    • Procedural communications
    • Contact us
    • Subscription centre
    • Official holidays
    • Glossary
Footer - More links
  • Jobs & careers
  • Press centre
  • Single Access Portal
  • Procurement
  • Boards of Appeal
Facebook
European Patent Office
EPO Jobs
Instagram
EuropeanPatentOffice
Linkedin
European Patent Office
EPO Jobs
EPO Procurement
X (formerly Twitter)
EPOorg
EPOjobs
Youtube
TheEPO
Footer
  • Legal notice
  • Terms of use
  • Data protection and privacy
  • Accessibility