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Number of independent claims. According to Rule 43(2), as applicable to all European patent applications in respect of which a communication under Rule 51(4) EPC 1973 (corresponding to Rule 71(3) EPC 2000) was not issued by 2 January 2002, the number of independent claims is limited to one independent claim in
All applications will contain one or more "independent" claims directed to the essential features of the invention. Any such claim may be followed by one or more claims concerning "particular embodiments" of that invention. It is evident that any claim relating to a particular embodiment must effectively include also the
28 Aug 2017 European Patent Convention - This area contains legal texts from the EPO, including the European Patent Convention, Ancillary regulations to the EPC, National law relating to the EPC, Guidelines for Examination, and much more.
In an independent claim in Europe, the preamble is everything which precedes the expression "characterized in that" or "characterized by" in a claim written according to the so-called "two-part form", and therefore everything which is regarded as known in combination within one prior art document, namely the closest prior
Rule 43(2) refers expressly to Art. 82. This makes clear that the requirement of unity has to be met by the subject-matter of the independent claims in the same category. Thus, special technical features relating to the single general inventive concept within the meaning of Rule 44 must be either implicitly or explicitly present
Under Rule 43(2) EPC (introduced in 2002), a European patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, The EPO has stated that this Rule underscores and legally defines the principle of one independent claim per category and the only exceptions to the principle are now
The requirement that the claims must be concise refers to the claims in their entirety as well as to the individual claims. The number of claims must be considered in relation to the nature of the invention the applicant seeks to protect. Undue repetition of wording, e.g. between one claim and another, should be avoided by the
Bearing in mind certain aspects of European patent law and practice when drafting a patent application for. Europe can help simplify prosecution and minimise costs. The European patent Office (EPO) charges an extra fee on filing for each page of the application over 35 and each claim over 15. Once granted, validation in
1 Jan 2010 Background. Rule 43(2) EPC requires that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a European patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject matter of the application involves one of the
European Patent Convention - This area contains legal texts from the EPO, including the European Patent Convention, Ancillary regulations to the EPC, National law relating to the EPC, Guidelines for Examination, and much more.

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