DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/t3q6gw/how_to_deal_with) has announced the addition of the "How to Deal with Added Subject Matter in EPO Patent Applications - Important New Seminar (London)" conference to their offering.
The How to Deal with Added Subject Matter in EPO Patent Applications seminar will take place on the 27th June 2014 at The Rembrandt Hotel, London
The concept of added subject-matter for an application or a patent under Art 123(2) EPC is a very important concept in European patent law. An application which has been extended with respect to the originally filed documents is generally refused. Similarly, a patent containing added subject-matter is generally revoked in opposition or nullity proceedings.
It is important to be well informed on the topic and to avoid pitfalls which can be easily circumvented, either when drafting an application or when amending it during the grant, opposition or nullity proceedings.
What good is it to have developed an invention with the potential to be a technical and commercial success, if the application for patent is refused, or the corresponding patent revoked?
It is important to be aware of the significant body of well-established case law developed by the Boards of Appeal of the EPO, which over time has become increasingly stringent.
The aim of the seminar is to show all aspects which have to be taken into account in order to avoid the pitfall of an objection under Art 123(2) at any time during prosecution of the application or the life of the patent. Not only the notion added subject-matter as such will be discussed, but the seminar will also deal with a particular, more insidious form of added subject-matter, namely intermediate generalisation.
At the end of the seminar participants will have an overview of the problems which can be encountered with respect to added subject-matter, and by avoiding them will be able to draft their applications or amend their patents successfully.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Trainee patent attorneys
- Patent attorneys in private practice
- Corporate patent attorneys and lawyers
- US Patent Attorneys working in Europe
- Consultants and managers
Key Topics Covered:
- Definition of added subject-matter
- Examples of amendments non-allowable under Art 123(2)
- Reference document for the application of Art 123(2)
- Necessity to indicate amendments and their basis
- Features from a cross-referenced document
- Added subject-matter and clarity
- Other not allowable cases of adding subject-matter
- Broadening of features
- Essentiality test
- Intermediate generalisation
- Revision of the stated technical problem
- Prior art disclosed in the application/patent
- Modified Novelty test
- Divisional applications
- Correction of errors
- Missing parts of description/drawings at filing
- Added subject-matter and extension of protection
- Disclaimers
- Successive application of G 1/03 and G 2/10
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/t3q6gw/how_to_deal_with
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