Template:EPC requirements

Legal requirements applicable to European patent applications and patents
Patentable subject-matter (Article 52) Novelty (Article 54) Inventive step (Article 56) Industrial applicability (Article 57) Unity of invention (Article 82) Disclosure of the invention (Article 83) Claims (Article 84) Amendments (Article 123)
Note: The above list of legal requirements is not exhaustive.
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