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Chapter VI – Novelty

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Chapter VI – Novelty

1. State of the art under Art. 54(2)
2. Implicit features or well-known equivalents
3. Relevant date of a prior-art document
4. Generic disclosure and specific examples
5. Implicit disclosure and parameters
6. Examination of novelty
7. Selection inventions
8. Novelty of "reach-through" claims
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