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`Implementing Regulations - to the Convention on the Grant of
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`Part III- Implementina Reqvleti0n~ to Pert III of the Oenventi0n
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`Chapter II- Provisions aovernina the aoDlication
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`Rule 43 - Form and content of claims
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`Rule 43 4L~J
`Form and content of claims
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`Art, 78, 80, 82, 84
`R. 50
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`The claims shall define the matter for which protection is sought in terms of the technical
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`features of the invention. Wherever appropriate, claims shall contain:
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`(a) a statement indicating the designation of the subject-matter of the invention and those
`technical features which are necessary for the definition of the claimed subject-matter but which, in
`combination, form part of the prior art;
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`(b) a charactedsing portion, beginning with the expression "charactarised in that" or
`"characterised by" and specif~ng the technical features for which, in corn binafion with the features
`stated under sub-oaraaraoh (’a), protection is sought.
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`(2) Without prejudice to Article 82, 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 following:
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`(a)
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`(b)
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`a plurality of interrelated products.
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`different uses of a product or apparatus,
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`(c) alternative solutions to a particular problem, where it is inappropriate to cover these
`alternatives by a single claim.
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`(3) Anyclaim stating the essential features of an invention may be followed byone or more
`claims concerning particular embodiments of that invention.
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`(4) Anyclaim which includes all the features of anyother claim (dependent claim) shall contain,
`if possible at the beginning, a reference to the other claim and then state the additional features. A
`dependent claim directly referring to another dependent claim shall also be admissible. All
`dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back
`to several previous claims, shall be grouped together to the extent and in the most appropriate way
`possible.
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`The number of claims shall be reasonable with regard to the nature of the invention
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`claimed. The claims shall be numbered consecutivelyin/~’abic numerals.
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`(6) Except where absolutely necessary, claims shall not relyon references to the description or
`drawings in specif~ng the technical features of the invention. In particular, theyshall not contain such
`expressions as "as described in part ... of the description", or "as illustrated in figure ... of the
`drawings".
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`(7) Where the European patent application contains drawings including reference signs, the
`technical features specified in the claims shall preferably be followed by such reference signs
`relating to these features, placed in parentheses, if the intelligibility of the claim can therebybe
`increased. These reference signs shall not be construed as limiting the claim.
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`[491 See decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal ~ ~/0~, G 1/04 (Annex I).
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`Last updated: 1.4.2014
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`(3) Any dnlm ~atlng th~ ~ntlel km~ur~ of an Im~mUon may 13o ~ by orm or
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