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CLR I B 2.1.3 Test date

In T 315/03, the board observed that the relevant date for applying the test under R. 23d EPC 1973 (R. 28 EPC) was, as for all patentability criteria, the date of filing or priority. Nevertheless, evidence becoming available later could be taken into account, provided it related to the situation on that date.

CLR I B 2.1.2 Scope of exception under Rule 28(d) EPC

R. 28(d) EPC (R. 23d(d) EPC 1973) provides that European patents should not be granted in respect of processes for modifying the genetic identity of animals which were likely to cause them suffering without any substantial medical benefit to man or animal, and also animals resulting from such processes.

CLR I B 2.1.1 Scope of exception under Rule 28(c) EPC

CLR I B 2.1 ‍‍Rule 28 EPC

R. 28 EPC, which sets out four non‑patentable categories, entered into force on 1 September 1999 as R. 23d EPC 1973. It applies equally to applications pending on, i.e. filed before, the date of its entry into force (G 2/06, T 315/03).