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GL-PCT F III 6.4 Priority claim

Section F‑III, 6.4, in the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO applies mutatis mutandis.

GL-PCT F III 6.3 Deposit of biological material

See Euro-PCT Guide, points 2.20.001-2.20.007.[Rule 13bis.2; OJ EPO 2017, A60; OJ EPO 2017, A61; ]

GL-PCT F III 6.2 Public availability of biological material

Section F‑III, 6.2, in the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO applies mutatis mutandis.

GL-PCT F III 6.1 Biological material

See ISPE Guidelines 4.16-4.17.[Rule 13bis; ]

GL-PCT F III 6 Inventions relating to biological material

6.1 Biological material

6.2 Public availability of biological material

6.3 Deposit of biological material

6.4 Priority claim

GL-PCT F III 5.3 Difficulties in performing the invention

Section F‑III, 5.3, in the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO applies mutatis mutandis.

GL-PCT F III 5.2 Absence of well-known details

Section F‑III, 5.2, in the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO applies mutatis mutandis. See also GL/PCT‑EPO F‑III, 1 and F‑IV, 4.5 ff.[GL/ISPE 5.50; ]

GL-PCT F III 5.1 Only variants of the invention are incapable of being performed

Section F‑III, 5.1, in the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO applies mutatis mutandis. See also GL/PCT‑EPO G‑VII, 5.2.

GL-PCT F III 5 Cases of partially insufficient disclosure

5.1 Only variants of the invention are incapable of being performed

5.2 Absence of well-known details

5.3 Difficulties in performing the invention

GL-PCT F III 4 Burden of proof as regards the possibility of performing and repeating the invention

If there are serious doubts as regards the possibility of performing the invention and repeating it as described, the burden of proof as regards this possibility, or at least a demonstration that success is credible, rests with the applicant, who can discharge this burden of proof during the PCT Chapter II procedure or after entry into the European phase before the EPO.

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