Trilateral Project 24.1-Biotechnology 004

According to the practice of the European Patent Office the reasons for rejection are the following:

• Novelty - Article 54 EPC
  
• Inventive step - Article 56 EPC
  
• Industrial applicability - Article 57 EPC
  
• Disclosure of the invention - Article 83 EPC
  
• Clarity and support - Article 84 EPC
  
• Unity of invention - Article 82 EPC
  
• Amendments - added subject matter - Article 123(2) EPC
  
• Treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy and diagnostic methods practised on the human or animal body - Article 52(4) EPC
  
• Plant or animal varieties - Article 53(b) EPC
  
• Culture deposit information - Rule 28(1)(2) EPC