DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Advanced Drafting Techniques for Successful EPO Patent Applications" conference to their offering.
Many patent applications and patents are lost before the EPO Boards of Appeal due to incorrect original drafting. Added subject matter is a recurrent problem: Amendments made during grant procedure, to take account or new prior art, amount to added subject-matter, often fatal in opposition procedure before the EPO, and national courts.
Sufficiency of disclosure can also be a problem, as if initial disclosure is insufficient, amending it can amount to adding subject-matter.
The purpose of the seminar is to identify the problems of added subject-matter and sufficiency of disclosure, and show how they can be easily avoided by careful drafting.
Agenda
Article 123 (2) - added subject matter
- Tools used in assessing added subject matter
- Examples and specific cases
- Broadening of features
- Intermediate generalisation - essentiality test
- Added subject matter and extension of protection
- Disclaimers
- Care with original drafting
- Avoiding problems with amendments
Workshop
Practical exercises to exemplify the concepts used
Article 83 - sufficiency of disclosure
- Fundamentals of insufficiency
- Essential features of enabling disclosure
Article 83 - sufficiency of disclosure continued
- Sufficiency vs added subject matter
- Care with original drafting
- Avoiding problems with amendments
Workshop
- Practical exercises to exemplify the concepts used
For more information about this conference visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9fm7gb/advanced_drafting
