Carpmaels in Conversation: Patents updates – description amendments and unsearched subject-matter
10
Feb
2022
Carpmaels in Conversation: Ep. 12 – Description amendments and unsearched subject-matter

In our latest episode, Partner and host Daniel Wise together with Associates Kat Langford and Natasha Christian discuss:

  • T1989/18 – Is this the end of description amendments at the EPO?: A review of the Board of Appeal’s conclusion in T1989/18 that there is no legal basis for the requirement to amend the description into conformity with the claims.
  • Rule 137(5) EPC and the search for meaning in unsearched subject-matter: A review of recent decisions relating to the rejection of claim amendments for including unsearched subject-matter.

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