G for Guidelines

G for Guidelines

G for Guidelines – are general instructions for examiners working at the EPO, as well as for Applicants and other parties to proceedings (e.g. opposers of granted European patents). The Guidelines were adopted on 1 June 1978 by the then President of the EPO. As...
F for Figures

F for Figures

F for Figures – the components of the application documentation are the application, the description, claims, the abstract of the description and drawings (in case of the invention – if they are necessary to understand the solution; in case of the utility model – they...