Opposition may only be filed on the grounds that:
the subject-matter of the European patent is not patentable under Articles Article 52 to Article 57;
the subject-matter of the European patent extends beyond the content of the application as filed, or, if the patent was granted on a divisional application or on a new application filed under Article 61, beyond the content of the earlier application as filed.
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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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EPC Implementing Rules
EPO Guidelines - D Opposition and Limitation/Revocation Procedures
EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters
EPO Guidelines - H Amendments and Corrections
Case Law Book: I Patentability
Case Law Book: II Conditions to be met by an Application
XCLR II E 3.3 Addition to the claim of an undisclosed feature limiting protection conferred, without providing a technical contribution
XCLR II E 4.2.3 Obvious correction – immediately evident that nothing else would have been intended than what is offered as the correction
XCLR II E 4.3 Correction of errors in the description, claims and drawings after grant, and in opposition proceedings
XCLR II F 2.1.2 Sequence of divisionals – derivable from each of the preceding applications as filed
Case Law Book: III Amendments
Case Law Book: IV Divisional Applications
Case Law Book: V Priority
XCLR V A 3.5.5 Review of an opposition division's discretionary decision (not) to admit a new ground for opposition