Trilateral Project 24.1-Biotechnology 206

1993-Revised Patent Law (applicable to applications filed 1994.1.1)

In accordance with judgement relating to "new matter" which are applicable to applications filed on and after 1994.1.1, it is likely that the case in question is judged as a "new matter", since it can be allowed to amend only what is directly and unambiguously derivable by a person skilled in the art from the matters described in the specification and drawings initially attached.

However, when the errors are clearly simple and the correct sequences can be directly and unambiguously derivable from the matters described in the specification and drawings initially attached, the corrections of the case in question would be acceptable.