The description should indicate explicitly the way in which the invention is capable of exploitation in industry, if this is not obvious from the description or from the nature of the invention (see also GL/PCT‑EPO, G-III). The expression "capable of exploitation in industry" means the same as "susceptible of industrial application".

See ISPE Guidelines 4.08.

Section F‑II, 4.4, in the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO applies mutatis mutandis.

See also GL/PCT‑EPO F‑II, 7.4.

Section F‑II, 4.3.1.1, in the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO applies mutatis mutandis.

See ISPE Guidelines 4.05. The EPO applies option GL/ISPE A4.05[1] of the Appendix to Chapter 4 of the ISPE Guidelines.[Rule 5.1(a)(ii); ]

4.3.1 Format of background art citations