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3. List of exclusions

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3.6 Programs for computers 

See ISPE Guidelines 9.15, ISPE Guidelines A9.15 and ISPE Guidelines A9.15[2]. However, under the Agreement between the EPO and WIPO these fall within the EPO's discretion to exclude matter which would be excluded under Art. 52(2)(c) and Art. 52(3) EPC. Section G‑II, 3.6, in the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO applies mutatis mutandis (see cf. GL/PCT‑EPO PCT‑EPO Guidelines B‑VIII, 2.2).

Rule 39.1(vi),
Rule 67.1(vi)
OJ EPO 2017, A115
OJ EPO 2018, A24

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