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CLR I A 1.4.1.A Earlier case law of the boards of appeal: the "contribution approach"

CLR I A 1.4.1 Assessment of the invention independently of the prior art

a) Earlier case law of the boards of appeal: the "contribution approach"

b) Abandonment of the "contribution approach"

c) Some consequences of abandoning the contribution approach

CLR I A 1.4 Verification of the presence of an invention under Article 52(1) EPC

CLR I A 1.3 Absolute and relative patentability requirements

CLR I A 1.2 Separate and independently patentability requirements

CLR I A 1.1 Technical character of an invention

CLR I A 1 Patent protection for technical inventions

CLR I A Patentable inventions

Patent protection for technical inventions

CLR I PATENTABILITY

A. Patentable inventions

B. Exceptions to patentability

C. Novelty

D. Inventive step

R.96 PCT The Schedule of Fees ; Receipt and Transfer of Fees

96.1 Schedule of Fees Annexed to Regulations

The amounts of the fees referred to in Rules 15, 45bis.2 and 57 shall be expressed in Swiss currency. They shall be specified in the Schedule of Fees which is annexed to these Regulations and forms an integral part thereof.