EUROPEAN PATENT – NOVELTY

According to Article 54 of the European Patent Convention (EPC),

(1) An invention shall be considered to be new if it does not form part of the state of the art.

(2) The state of the art shall be held to comprise everything made available to the public by means of a written or oral description, by use, or in any other way, before the date of filing of the European patent application.
(3) Additionally, the content of European patent applications as filed, the dates of filing of which are prior to the date of filing of the European patent application and which were published on or after that date, shall be considered as comprised in the state of the art.
(4) That shall not exclude the patentability of any substance or composition, comprised in the state of the art, for use in a method referred to in Article 53 (c) of EPC(i.e. methods for treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy and diagnostic methods practised on the human or animal body;) , provided that its use for any such method is not comprised in the state of the art.

(5) That shall also not exclude the patentability of any substance or composition referred to in paragraph 4 for any specific use in a method referred to in Article 53(c) EPC, provided that such use is not comprised in the state of the art.

Prepared June 29th , 2026
 

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