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If, when carrying out a search, the search division considers that the application lacks unity (i.e., it doesn't meet the provisions of Article 82), a partial search report is established. [5] The EPO then requires one or more further search fees for the other identified inventions, or groups of inventions, that the search may cover. [5]
Whereas the EPO would consider claims as relating to the same invention, if the claims share a "special technical feature" over prior art (e.g. have a common inventive step), the USPTO can find the lack of unity in the same application, if the two alleged inventions can be used not only in combination with each other, [17] or because of several ...
Divisional applications are generally used in cases where the parent application may lack unity of invention; that is, the parent application describes more than one invention and the applicant is required to split the parent into one or more divisional applications each claiming only a single invention.
Article 83 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) [1] relates to the disclosure of the invention under the European Patent Convention.This legal provision prescribes that a European patent application must disclose the invention (which is the subject of the European patent application) in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for it to be carried out by a person skilled in the art.
This is a list of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) in chronological order of their date of issuance. The list includes decisions under Article 112(1)(a) EPC (following a referral from a Board of Appeal), opinions under Article 112(1)(b) EPC (following a referral from the President of the EPO), "to ensure uniform application of the law ...
The EPC provides a legal framework for the granting of European patents, [1] via a single, harmonised procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO). A single patent application , in one language, [ 2 ] may be filed at the EPO in Munich , [ 3 ] at its branch in The Hague , [ 3 ] [ notes 2 ] at its sub-office in Berlin , [ 5 ] or at a ...
The EPO is neither a European Union nor a Council of Europe institution. [1] A patent granted by the EPO can be turned either into a bundle of independent national European patents enforceable before national courts according to different national legislations and procedures, [ 2 ] or into a European unitary patent covering multiple countries ...
This is a list of special types of claims that may be found in a patent or patent application.For explanations about independent and dependent claims and about the different categories of claims, i.e. product or apparatus claims (claims referring to a physical entity), and process, method or use claims (claims referring to an activity), see Claim (patent), section "Basic types and categories".