From 16 to 18 March, 2020, in Munich, Germany, the European Patent Academy organises a seminar "Disclosure, clarity & unity in search and examination (advanced level)”.
The seminar reviews how to handle European patent applications having clarity, unity and sufficiency of disclosure issues at the search and examination stage. The course refreshes, deepens and consolidates the strategies and the legal background to apply for dealing with highly complicated cases leading to lack of clarity, unity and/or sufficiency of disclosure objections. The harmonisation of practice at the national offices - and the relevant legal differences - are also considered. An overview of the EPO case law on clarity, unity and/or sufficiency of disclosure objections is also given. Practical examples will be discussed in the fields of chemistry (biology/pharma/chemistry) and non-chemistry (physics/electricity/mechanics).