The European patent system: the law and practice of the European Patent Convention
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PREFACE V
INTRODUCTION IX
TABLE OF CASES XIX
TABLE OF STATUTES LIII
TABLE OF TREATIES, CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOLS LV
TABLE OF DIRECTIVES AND REGULATIONS LXV
TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS LXVII
CHAPTERS
1. INTERPRETATION OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT
CONVENTION 1
A. INTRODUCTION 3
B. THE EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION AND ITS ASSOCIATED
LEGISLATION 4
C. OTHER RELATED SOURCES OF EUROPEAN PATENT LAW 6
D. INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS RELATING TO THE EPC 13
E. INTERPRETATION OF THE EPC 23
F. INTERPRETATION OF UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL PATENT LAW IN
THE LIGHT OF THE EPC 35
2. PROCEDURE BEFORE GRANT 41
A. INTRODUCTION 45
B. FILING A EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION 45
C. PROCEDURE BEFORE THE RECEIVING SECTION: FORMAL
EXAMINATION 48
D. THE EUROPEAN SEARCH REPORT: SEARCH FEES 56
E. PROCEDURE BEFORE THE EXAMINING DIVISIONS: SUBSTANTIVE
EXAMINATION 58
F. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURAL MATTERS BEFORE GRANT 74
XIII
CONTENTS
PAGE
3. OPPOSITION TO A GRANTED PATENT 85
A. INTRODUCTION: THE NATURE OF OPPOSITION PROCEEDINGS 88
B. COMPOSITION OF AN OPPOSITION DIVISION 91
C. FILING AN OPPOSITION 92
D. EXAMINATION FOR ADMISSIBILITY: PREPARATION FOR
SUBSTANTIVE EXAMINATION 103
E. SUBSTANTIVE EXAMINATION 104
4. APPEALS 130
A. INTRODUCTION 136
B. ORGANISATION OF THE BOARDS OF APPEAL 137
C APPEAL PROCEDURE 148
D. THE ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL 211
5. COMMON PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS 229
A. INTRODUCTION 232
B. LANGUAGE 232
C. REPRESENTATION OF PARTIES 235
D. OBJECTION TO MEMBERS OF THE EPO: SUSPECTED PARTIALITY 237
E. AUXILIARY REQUESTS: AMENDMENT DURING PROCEEDINGS 241
F. OBSERVATIONS BY THIRD PARTIES 242
G. EVIDENCE 243
H. ORAL PROCEEDINGS 247
I. DECISIONS 262
6. PROCEDURAL REMEDIES 269
A. INTRODUCTION 272
B. THE CORRECTION OF ERRORS AND MISTAKES IN FORMAL
DOCUMENTS 274
C. RESTITUTIO IN INTEGRUM RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF RIGHTS 281
D. INTERRUPTION OF PROCEEDINGS 296
E. CORRECTION OF A DECISION 301
7. THE CONTENTS OF A EUROPEAN PATENT
APPLICATION 306
A. INTRODUCTION 309
B. THE DESCRIPTION AND SUFFICIENCY OF DISCLOSURE 311
C. THE CLAIMS: CLARITY AND SUPPORT 336
8. AMENDMENT OF THE SPECIFICATION 355
A. INTRODUCTION 358
B. AMENDMENTS AFTER FILING*NO ADDED SUBJECT-MATTER 361
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C. AMENDMENTS AFTER GRANT 382
D. WRONGFUL ADDITION OF A FEATURE BEFORE GRANT:
INESCAPABLE TRAP 389
E. OBVIOUS CORRECTIONS 392
F. LATE-FILED OR MISSING DRAWINGS 395
9. PATENTABLE SUBJECT-MATTER 401
A. INTRODUCTION 404
B. DISCOVERIES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS, COMPTUER PROGRAMS,
ETC 408
C. MEDICAL TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS 421
D. INVENTIONS CONTRARY TO ORDRE PUBLIC OR MORALITY 433
E. PLANT AND ANIMAL VARIETIES, AND ESSENTIALLY BIOLOGICAL
PROCESSES 438
F. SUSCEPTIBLE OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION 450
10. PRIORITY 454
A. INTRODUCTION 456
B. ARTICLE 4 OF THE PARIS CONVENTION 457
C. THE PRIORITY SYSTEM UNDER THE EPC 464
D. COMPARISON WITH UNITED KINGDOM LAW 475
11. NOVELTY 478
A. INTRODUCTION 482
B. THE STATE OF THE ART 485
C SUBSTANTIVE NOVELTY 501
D. FURTHER USES OF A KNOWN PRODUCT 515
12. INVENTIVE STEP 534
A. INTRODUCTION 536
B. THE PROBLEM-AND-SOLUTION APPROACH 538
C. IDENTIFICATION OF THE CLOSEST PRIOR ART 539
D. FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM 541
E. ASSESSMENT OF INVENTIVE STEP 545
F. COMPARISON WITH UNITED KINGDOM LAW 566
13. THE EXTENT OF PROTECTION 571
A. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND ITS EFFECT UPON CLAIM DRAFTING. 573
B. THE INTERPRETATION OF CLAIMS UNDER THE EPC 575
C. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXTENT OF PROTECTION AND
INFRINGEMENT 577
D. THE INTERPRETATION OF CLAIMS WITHIN THE EPO 577
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E. THE INTERPRETATION OF CLAIMS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 578
F. THE INTERPRETATION OF CLAIMS IN GERMANY 580
G. THE INTERPRETATION OF CLAIMS IN NATIONAL INFRINGEMENT
PROCEEDINGS*A COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE 581
H. THE EXTENT OF PROTECTION OF PRODUCTS 585
14. THE COMMUNITY PATENT CONVENTION 593
A. INTRODUCTION 595
B. THE COMMUNITY PATENT 596
C. THE 1989 AGREEMENT 598
D. THE SYSTEM OF JURISDICTION 598
E. APPLICATION LAW 607
F. PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF SUBSTANTIVE LAW UNDER THE CPC 607
G. CONCLUSION 608
APPENDICES: EPC MATERIALS 609
1. EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION 611
2. IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO THE EUROPEAN PATENT
CONVENTION 675
3. RULES RELATING TO FEES 729
4. RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE BOARDS OF APPEAL 737
5. RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL 743
6. LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE EPO*HEADNOTES 748
7. DUTIES OF FORMALITIES OFFICERS: NOTICES 753
8. GUIDANCE FOR PARTIES TO APPEAL PROCEEDINGS AND THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES 757
9. ORAL PROCEEDINGS: NOTICE 766
10. MICRO-ORGANISMS: NOTICE 768
11. THE EXPERT OPTION : NOTICE 773
12. OPPOSITION PROCEDURE IN THE EPO: NOTE 778
13. ACCELERATED PROCESSING OF OPPOSITIONS AND APPEALS:
NOTICE 783
APPENDICES: OTHER MATERIAL 785
14. PARIS CONVENTION: RELEVANT PARTS 785
15. EEC TREATY: RELEVANT PARTS 792
16. STRASBOURG CONVENTION 795
17. BRUSSELS CONVENTION: RELEVANT PARTS 799
XVI
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18. VIENNA CONVENTION: RELEVANT PARTS 802
19. COMMUNITY PATENT CONVENTION (INCLUDING 1989
AGREEMENT , IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS AND PROTOCOL ON
LITIGATION) 807
20. BUDAPEST TREATY (RELEVANT PARTS) AND EPO DECLARATION
RELATING THERETO 863
21. PATENTS ACT 1977 (U.K): RELEVANT PARTS 870
22. AGREEMENT ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS (TRIPS), 1994: RELEVANT PARTS 880
23. EUROPEAN UNION BIOTECHNOLOGY DIRECTIVE 98/44: RELEVANT
PARTS 885
24. REVISION OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION: BACKGROUND
AND OUTLINE OF PROPOSALS 896
INDEX 901
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