05503nam 2200661Ia 450 991014413350332120200520144314.01-281-76392-697866117639233-527-61243-23-527-61242-4(CKB)1000000000540634(EBL)481647(OCoLC)276891149(SSID)ssj0000229499(PQKBManifestationID)11227600(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000229499(PQKBWorkID)10171761(PQKB)10654247(MiAaPQ)EBC481647(EXLCZ)99100000000054063419980422d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrProtecting inventions in chemistry commentary on chemical case law under the European Patent Convention and the German patent law /by Bernd Hansen, Fritjoff HirschWeinheim ;New York Wiley-VCHc19971 online resource (531 p.)Description based upon print version of record.3-527-28808-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Protecting Inventions in Chemistry; Foreword; Contents; Abbreviations; I . The procedure for grant of a patent; A . The patent grant procedure before the EPO; 1 . Overview; 2 . Procedure up to the publication of the application; a) Examination on filing; b) Formalities examination; c) Drawing up the search report; 3 . Unity of the invention; a) Procedural aspects; b) Material aspects; c) Summary; 4 . Publication of the application; 5 . Examination proceedings; a) Examination request; b) Course of the substantive examination proceedingsc) Amendments of the application in the examination proceedings6 . National requirements; a) Translation requirements; b) Separate sets of claims; 7 . Overview of important terms and costs; a) Terms for European first filings; b) Terms for European convention filings; c) Costs of an application; B . The patent grant procedure before the GPO; 1 . Overview; 2 . Course of the proceedings; a) Examination as to obvious deficiencies; b) Laying-open of the application; c) Examination on request, in particular substantive examination; (1) Examination request(2) Course of the substantive examination procedure(3) Amendments to the application during the application procedure; (4) Grant; (5) Refusal; 3 . Unity of the invention; a) Legal basis; b) Practical handling; (1) Generalities; (2) Intermediate products; (3) Disclaimers; c) Summary; 4 . Separated/Divisional applications; a) Divisional applications; b) Separated applications; 5. Overview of important terms and costs; a)Terms; b) Costs of an application; C . The PCT procedure; 1 . General overview; 2 . International phase; a) Initial and formal examination; b) International search; c) Unityd) Publicatione) International preliminary examination; 3 . NationallRegional phase; 4 . Costs; D . Comparison of the possibilities for filing; E . Utility model protection; II . On disclosure and novelty; A . Introduction; B . Requirements of disclosure; 1 . Sufficiency; a) Introduction and legal principles; b) General chemical inventions; c) Biochemical inventions; 2 . Clarity of the claims; a) Functional features in the claim; b) Concentration and substituent data in the claim; c) Product-by-process claims; d) Other parameters in the claim; C . Problems of novelty1 . Introduction -the "state of the art"2 . Formalaspects; a) Prior documentary publication; b) Disclosure through public prior use; (1) Problems of confidence; (2) Problems of disclosure; (a) Processes and uses; (b) Compounds and compositions; c) Disclosure by oral description; d) Earlier.pos t.published applications and patents; e) Applications with the same priority; f) Non-prejudicial disclosure; 3 . Aspects of content; a) Inclusion of non-expressis verbis disclosure; (1) Decisions of the European Patent Office; (2) Decisions of the Federal Supreme Court and Federal Patent Courtb) Novelty of specific subject-matterThis book covers the protection of chemical inventions by means of Patents and Utility Models, as well as Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) for medicaments and agrochemicals. The jurisdiction of both the European Patent Office and the relevant German Courts which has been developed in recent decades is presented and explained in a comparative manner. It is the first English edition of a book which has become a standard companion for Patent Practitioners in the field of Chemistry in German speaking countries.The material prerequisites of patentability such as novelty, inventiCommentary on chemical case law under the European Patent Convention and the German patent lawChemicalsPatentsCasesPatent laws and legislationEuropeCasesPatent laws and legislationGermanyCasesChemicalsPatent laws and legislationPatent laws and legislation341.7586094346.0486Hansen Bernd1951-916464Hirsch Fritjoff916465MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910144133503321Protecting inventions in chemistry2054454UNINA