Guide for applicants. How to get a European patent
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This course refers to the applicable laws and/or available tools at the time the content was created.
This is an e-learning module developed by the European Patent Office.
This module is an introduction to the Guide for applicants, Part 1. It offers practical advice on how to apply for a European patent, but does not go into specific issues of the European grant procedure.
CONTENTS:
I. General
- Introduction
- Nature and purpose of the European Patent Convention
- Relationship to other international conventions
- Choosing a route: national, European or international
II. Patentability
- Introduction
- Invention
- Novelty
- Inventive step
III. Preparing and filing a European patent application
- Introduction
- Formal requirements
- Presenting your invention
- Filing European patent applications
- Filing other documents
IV. The European patent grant procedure
- Summary
- Procedure up to publication of the application
- Publication of the European patent application
- Examination procedure
- Opposition procedure
- Limitation and revocation procedure
- Appeals procedure
- Divisional applications
- Renewal fees
- General provisions governing periods
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