Chapter IV – Claims (Art. 6 and formal requirements)
Chapter IV – Annex
Examples concerning essential features
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The Annex to F‑IV of the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO contains examples of how to evaluate whether a claim contains all essential features of the invention. The examiner will apply the same criteria when assessing essential features under the PCT mutatis mutandis.