European Patent Registration
Non-prejudicial disclosures
According to the regulation in art. 55 of the European Patent Convention,
(1)
For a European patent application, a disclosure of the invention shall not be taken into consideration if it occurred no earlier than six months preceding the filing of the European patent application and if it was due to, or in consequence of:
(a)
an evident abuse in relation to the applicant or his legal predecessor, or
(b)