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Substantive examination: Does the European patent<br />
application meet the requirements of the EPC?<br />
Patents shall be granted for any inventions which are susceptible of<br />
industrial application, which are new and involve an inventive step.<br />
A patent application must disclose the invention in a manner sufficiently<br />
clear and complete for it to be carried out by a person skilled in the art<br />
The claims shall define the matter for which protection is sought. They<br />
shall be clear and concise and supported by the description.<br />
Patents shall not be granted when contrary to "ordre public" or<br />
morality, plant or animal varieties, methods of treatment by surgery or<br />
therapy, diagnostics methods<br />
3rd Int'l Dialogue on Responsible R&D of <strong>Nanotech</strong><br />
What's special about <strong><strong>Nanotech</strong>nology</strong>?<br />
Terminology<br />
Enablement<br />
Miniaturisation<br />
Clarity<br />
3rd Int'l Dialogue on Responsible R&D of <strong>Nanotech</strong><br />
Sufficiency of disclosure<br />
Inventive step<br />
169<br />
Legal texts<br />
European Patent Convention (EPC)<br />
Articles<br />
- Art. 54(1): novelty<br />
- Art. 56 : inventive step<br />
- Art. 83 : sufficiency of disclosure<br />
- Art. 84 : clarity<br />
Rules<br />
Guidelines for Examination<br />
(Internal Instructions)<br />
3rd Int'l Dialogue on Responsible R&D of <strong>Nanotech</strong><br />
Inventive step<br />
Issues in <strong><strong>Nanotech</strong>nology</strong>:<br />
Obvious selection<br />
Unexpected technical advantage<br />
Combination of features<br />
3rd Int'l Dialogue on Responsible R&D of <strong>Nanotech</strong><br />
Hierarchy<br />
An invention shall be considered as involving an<br />
inventive step if, having regard to the state of the art,<br />
if it is not obvious to a person skilled in the art.
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