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Rule 164 EPC - Non-unity of unsearched inventions

Priority issue

  • Priority issue

    This video gives an overview of the different priority issues related to patents.
    The focus is on the following topics:

    • Purpose of priority
    • Art. 87 EPC and Art. 4 Paris Convention
    • Requirements of Art. 87 EPC (formal and substantive priority)
    • Recent case law

    18 October 2023   |   Speakers: Britta Kley and Markus Zwerger

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Rule 164 EPC - Non-unity of unsearched inventions