@article{21119,
      note = {Contents : Foreword; Reader's guide; 1. Patentability : A.  Patentable inventions : 1. Technical nature of invention;  2. Medical methods; B. Exceptions to patentability : 1.  Introduction; 2. Inventions contrary to ORDRE PUBLIC; 3.  Patentability of animals and animal varieties; 4.  Patentability of plants and plant varieties; 5. Essentially  biological processes; 6. Microbiological processes and the  products thereof; C. Novelty : 1. State of the art; 2.  Disclosed content of prior publications; 3. Availability to  the public; 4. Chemical inventions and selection  inventions; 5. Novelty of use; 6. Non-prejudicial  disclosures; D. Inventive step : 1. Introduction; 2.  Problem and solution approach; 3. Closest prior art; 4.  Technical problem; 5. Skilled person; 6. Proof of inventive  step; 7. Secondary indicia in determining inventive step;  8. Evidence of obviousness; 2. Conditions to be met by an  application : A. Sufficiency of disclosure; B. Claims; C.  Unity of invention; 3. Amendments : A. Article 123(2) EPC :  1. Content of the application as originally filed; 2.  Divisional applications; 3. TESTS for the allowability of  an amendment; B. Article 123(3) EPC : 1. Generalisation of  a feature; 2. Moving features from preamble to  characterising portion; 3. Change of claim category; C.  Relationship between Article 123(2) and 123(3) EPC : 1.  Cases of conflict; 2. Decision of the enlarged board of  appeal; 3. Resolving the conflict in exceptional cases; D.  Rule 88, second sentence, EPC : 1. Relation to Art. 123(2)  EPC; 2. Correction at the discretion of the EPO; 3.  Obviousness of the error and the correction; E. Standard of  proof for allowing amendments and corrections; 4. Priority  : A. Applications giving rise to a right of priority : 1.  National deposit of industrial design; 2. Postdating of the  previous application; B. Identity of invention : 1.  Disclosure in the previous application; 2. Enabling  disclosure in the priority document; 3. Limiting the extent  of protection; C. First application in a Paris Convention  country; D. Partial and multiple priorities; 5. Right to a  European patent; 6. Proceedings before the EPO : A. Rules  common to all proceedings : general principles; B.  Preliminary and formalities examination; C. Examination  procedure; D. Opposition procedure; E. Appeal procedure; F.  Proceedings before the disciplinary board of appeal; 7. The  EPO acting as PCT authority : A. Competence of the boards  of appeal in proceedings under the PCT; B. The EPO acting  as ISA; C. The EPO acting as IPEA; D. The EPO as designated  or elected Office;.},
      author = {Rodés, Albert Ballester, and Ballester Rodés, Albert,},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/21119},
      title = {Case law of the boards of appeal of the European Patent  Office /},
      recid = {21119},
      pages = {406 pages ;},
}