GL-PCT G II 3.5 Schemes, rules and methods of doing business, performing purely mental acts or playing games

See ISPE Guidelines 9.07, ISPE Guidelines A9.07 and ISPE Guidelines A9.07[2]. However, under the Agreement between the EPO and WIPO these fall within the EPO's discretion to exclude matter which would be excluded under Art. 52(2)(c) and Art. 52(3) EPC. Section G‑II, 3.5, in the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO applies mutatis mutandis.[Rule 39.1(iii); Rule 67.1(iii); OJ EPO 2017, A115; OJ EPO 2018, A24; ]

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/guidelinespct/e/g_ii_3_5.htm

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X A.52 EPC Patentable inventions

EPO Guidelines - G Patentability

X GL G II 3.5 Schemes, rules and methods for performing mental acts, playing games or doing business

EPO PCT GL - G Patentability

X GL-PCT G II 3 List of exclusions

PCT Implementing Rules

X R.39 PCT Subject Matter under Article 17(2)(a)(i)

X R.67 PCT Subject Matter under Article 34(4)(a)(i)

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO 2018, A24 - Agreement between the EPO and WIPO under the PCT – Annex A

X OJ EPO 2017, A115 - New agreement between the European Patent Organisation and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization in relation to the functioning of the European Patent Office as an International Searching [..]