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This list provides a guide to decisions of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) relating to Article 52(2) and (3) EPC. These decisions touch the issue of patentable subject-matter under the European Patent Convention (EPC). The accompanying notes offer an explanation as to the content of the decision. For an introduction to patentable subject-matter under the EPC, see Patentable subject-matter under the EPC and Software patents under the EPC. The organisation of the list is by date of the decision. The criteria for inclusion in the list are:
- the decision has been published on the Official Journal of the EPO (OJ), or will be published at the Official Journal, as indicated in the decision;[1] and
- the decision explicitly mentions Article 52(2) and/or (3) EPC in the reasons, unless the mention is tangential or the case exclusively relates to procedural questions.[notes 1]
- ^ For a list of decisions published in the Official Journal of the EPO until November 2006 included, see Official Journal EPO 12/2006, pages 2 and 3.
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