The EPO’s Boards of Appeal are famously strict on added matter. But normally applicants can sleep soundly at night after making amendments based entirely on the original dependent claims having…
by Sabine Möhle, Klemens Stratmann and Thorsten Bausch
Decision T 1621/16 of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.06 deals with a patent concerning a liquid hand dishwashing detergent composition. In a…
Justin Watts (Freshfields) asked whether the strict test for priority fails to appreciate the early stage at which the inventor will be enunciating the invention (often in multiple jurisdictions). He…
To the extent that summer 2014 existed at all in central Europe, experts agree that it is now definitely over. There is some controversy whether we ever had summer in Germany this year, but at least…
Can a claim directed to a "Composition comprising A, B and C" amended into a "Composition consisting of A, B and C", i.e. a composition that only contains A, B and C and no further components? Or…
