See ISPE Guidelines 5.39.

See also GL/PCT‑EPO F‑II, 4.13, with regard to the need to acknowledge trademarks as such in the description. With regard to the effect of references to trademarks on sufficiency of disclosure (Art. 5), see GL/PCT‑EPO F‑III, 7.

Section F‑IV, 4.6, in the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO applies mutatis mutandis.[GL/ISPE 5.34; ]

See ISPE Guidelines 5.33.

Section F‑IV, 4.5.2, in the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO applies mutatis mutandis.

4.5.1 Objections arising from missing essential features

4.5.2 Definition of essential features

4.5.3 Generalisation of essential features

4.5.4 Implicit features

4.5.5 Examples