J A Kemp is a leading firm of European Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys. We combine independent thinking with collective excellence in all that we do.
The technical and legal knowledge that we apply to the protection of our clients’ patents is outstanding in its breadth and depth. With around 100 science and technology graduates in the firm, including 50 PhDs, no area of science or technology is outside our scope. Our Patent Attorneys have collective in-depth expertise in patent law and procedure in every country of the world.
The team of professionals who advise our clients on trade mark and design matters have backgrounds in major international law firms and hold qualifications as Chartered UK Trade Mark Attorneys, Solicitors and European Trade Mark Professional Representatives. Dedicated to this specialist area of intellectual property protection, the team has the expertise and resources to protect trade marks and designs in any market worldwide.
Added matter remains one of the most challenging and unforgiving grounds for objection at the European Patent Office.
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Added matter remains one of the most challenging and unforgiving
grounds for objection at the European Patent Office. A so-called
"inescapable trap" is created by the interplay between
Articles 123(2) and (3) EPC. This may mean that amendments made
during prosecution can render a patent invalid with no possibility
of remedy. Other variants of the inescapable trap arise in relation
to European divisional applications and during proceedings before
the EPO's Board of Appeal.
In this webinar, speakers Lucy Barnes
and Dave
Gallagher will discuss how added matter is assessed at the EPO
and practical tips for applicants and patentees seeking to avoid
being caught in the inescapable trap.
Topics covered include:
Understanding the inescapable trap and why certain amendments
can lead to irrevocable loss of rights.
Escaping the inescapable trap by making a narrowing
amendment.
Recent developments in the case law of the EPO's Boards of
Appeal as regards the assessment of added matter.
The inescapable trap as it applies to divisional applications
and during appeal proceedings.
How to avoid added matter pitfalls during drafting,
prosecution, and post-grant proceedings.
J A Kemp is a leading firm of European Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys. We combine independent thinking with collective excellence in all that we do.
The technical and legal knowledge that we apply to the protection of our clients’ patents is outstanding in its breadth and depth. With around 100 science and technology graduates in the firm, including 50 PhDs, no area of science or technology is outside our scope. Our Patent Attorneys have collective in-depth expertise in patent law and procedure in every country of the world.
The team of professionals who advise our clients on trade mark and design matters have backgrounds in major international law firms and hold qualifications as Chartered UK Trade Mark Attorneys, Solicitors and European Trade Mark Professional Representatives. Dedicated to this specialist area of intellectual property protection, the team has the expertise and resources to protect trade marks and designs in any market worldwide.