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CLR I C 8.1.3.B Different treatment of use and process claims

CLR I C 8.1.3.A General

CLR I C 8.1.3 Applicability of G 2/88 and G 6/88 to process claims

b) Different treatment of use and process claims

c) Interpretation of process claims

d) Use of a known process for a particular purpose

CLR I C 8.1.2.A Non-therapeutic application

CLR I C 8.1.2 Non-therapeutic treatment of animals

CLR I C 8.1.1 General issues decided before the Enlarged Board of Appeal

In general, the EPC allows both method claims and use claims, but whether an activity is claimed as a method of carrying out the activity (setting out a sequence of steps) or as the use of a thing for a stated purpose (the sequence of steps being implied) is a matter of preference. For the Enlarged Board of Appeal there is no difference of substance (G 5/83, OJ 1985, 64).

CLR I C 8.1 Novelty criteria for use claims and process claims containing a purpose feature

8.1.1 General issues decided before the Enlarged Board of Appeal

8.1.2 Non-therapeutic treatment of animals

8.1.3 Applicability of G 2/88 and G 6/88 to process claims

CLR I C 8 Second (or further) non-medical use

8.1. Novelty criteria for use claims and process claims containing a purpose feature

CLR I C 7.2.4.J Whether there is a therapeutic method

CLR I C 7.2.4.H Statement of purpose of surgical use for a known instrument

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