Effective Defence of EPO Patent Applications

Topics

• Categories and types of claims
• Definition of clarity – Art 84
• Conciseness and support by description
• Practical definition of clarity – clear means
• Clarity vs. novelty
• Form and content of claims
• Comprising vs. consisting
• Structural vs. functional features
• Relative terms
• The interplay between Art 83, 84 and 56
• Definition by result to be achieved
• Inventions defined by parameters
• Clarity of claims in opposition procedure
• Sources of difficulties with Article 84 – illustrating case law
• Adaptation of the description
• Application of G 3/14 to amended claims
• State of the art
• Legal definition
• Problem-solution approach – identifying the nearest/closest prior art
• Obvious
• Formulating the objective technical problem

Who should Attend

• Patent attorneys in private practice
• Qualified European patent attorneys
• People working or training in intellectual property
• Corporate patent attorneys and lawyers
• Trainee patent attorneys
• US attorneys working in Europe
• EQE Candidates