International patent systems and practice / Hans Collin.

... 3. Coming into force; 4. Qualified applicants and application formalities; 5. Receiving Offices; 6. Claiming of priority; 7. Protection; 8. Patentability a. Exclusion from patent protection, double protection; b. Novelty; c. Inventive activity; d. Industrial applicability; e. Prior right; 9. - 18. Unity; Search; Examination; Opposition; Revocation; Courts; Fees and terms; Duration of procedure; Interlocking; Choice of protection; 19. Practical examples : I. Development in progress A. Objective novelty 1. Considerable inventive merit 2. Low or undefined inventive merit B. Limited novelty concept II. Completed development (individual original application) A. Objective novelty 1. Considerable inventive merit 2. Low or undefined inventive merit B. Limited novelty concept III. Rapid grant of patent A. Large number of foreign applications 1. Development in progress 2. Completed development (individual original appl.) B. Small number of foreign applications 1. Development in progress 2. Completed development (individual original appl.) IV. Reduced total cost A. Large number of foreign applications 1. development in progress, several original appl. 2. Completed development (individual original appl.) B. Small number of foreign applications 1. Development in progress, several original appl. 2. Completed development (individual original appl.) V. Summary of procedures for several States A. Development in progress, several original appl. B. Completed development (individual original appl.) 20. Future development : I. Examination II. Harmonization III. Software IV. Community Patent Convention V. Patent protection between publication and grant ...