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Implemented 4 countries DK, EE, HU, RS
Implemented in parts 27 countries AT, BG, CH, CZ, DE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, ME, NO, PL, PT, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR
Information not available 9 countries AL, BA, BE, CY, MC, MK, MT, NL, RO |
Survey questions and answers
AT - Austria
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
No |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? Yes |
Additional information
Ad 5.5.: Section 13 (3) PAV (Patent Office Ordinance) allows two or more independent claims of the same category (product, process, device or use) to be included in an application. However, if one considers the requirement of unity, specifically the requirement that there must be a technical relationship among the inventions of an application involving one or more of the same or corresponding special technical features (§ 13 (1) PAV), the practice of the Austrian Patent Office boils down to Rule 43 (2) EPC.
Ad 5.12., 5.13.: By reference in the guidelines to the Maß- und Eichgesetz (Weights and Measures Act), which prescribes SI units in official and legal transactions.
BG - Bulgaria
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? No |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? No |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? No |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
CH - Switzerland
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
No |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? No |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? Yes |
Additional information
ad 5.3 No, it is up to the applicant to use an expression such as “characterised by”.
ad 5.4. No, claims can be submitted after the filing date.
CZ - Czechia
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
DE - Germany
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? No |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? No |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
No |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
No |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? No |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? No |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? No |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? No |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
Additional information
The relevant national patent law (PatV) has not changed since the start of the working group. There is therefore no basis for further substantial harmonization of the administrative practice. For details, please refer to our answer to the working group’s initial questionnaire and our statements in the email dated November 18, 2022 to the chair of the working group.
DK - Denmark
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? Yes |
EE - Estonia
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? Yes |
ES - Spain
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? No |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? Yes |
FI - Finland
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? No |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
FR - France
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
Additional information
5.7: Concerning point 5.7, grouping of claims actually corresponds to our practice and is covered by the requirement of clarity and concisness for the whole set of claims; this common practice will be explicitly mentioned in our guidelines.
5.13: the list of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements is mentioned in Decree 61-501 (03/05/1961); this point will also be added to our guidelines.
GB - United Kingdom
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
No |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? No |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? No |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? No |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? No |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
Additional information
5.4 - Handwritten claims are accepted.
5.5 – UK IPO guidance encourages only one independent claim per category however multiple claims in a category are allowed if the applicant can demonstrate that it does not give rise to clarity or conciseness issues.
5.10 - The UK IPO does not mandate reference signs in claims but does allow them. If reference signs are included in claims then they do not influence the construction of the claims beyond the need to interpret the claims so as to encompass the embodiments shown in the figures.
5.11 - Claims are allowed to contain tables with the permission of the examiner on a case-by-case basis.
GR - Greece
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
No |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? No |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? No |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? No |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
HR - Croatia
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
Additional information
Ad. 5.10. In Croatian Patent Regulations NN 55/2020, article 14(10) it is specified that: ‟Where the patent application contains drawings with reference signs, the technical features mentioned in the claims shall preferably be followed by reference signs relating to such features for better understanding of the claims. When used, the reference signs shall be placed in parentheses.”
Ad. 5.13. In Croatian Patent Regulations NN 55/2020, article 16(12) it is specified that ‟physical units shall be expressed in terms of the International System of Units” but without actual overview of SI units. However, further information together with overview of SI units is provided within Guidelines of examination.
HU - Hungary
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? Yes |
IE - Ireland
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
No |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? No |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? No |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? No |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? No |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
IS - Iceland
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? No |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
IT - Italy
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
No |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
LI - Liechtenstein
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
No |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? No |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? Yes |
LT - Lithuania
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? No |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? Yes |
LU - Luxembourg
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? No |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? No |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? No |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? No |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? No |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? No |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
Additional information
The current regulations on the drafting of LU patent specifications are not in line with the latest EPO regulations concerning european patent applications, but will be changed in the near future to take account of the recent evolutions.
LV - Latvia
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? No |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
Additional information
Point 5.4 - in practice we have not had any handwritten application.
ME - Montenegro
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? No |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? No |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? Yes |
NO - Norway
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? No |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? No |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
PL - Poland
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. No |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? No |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
Additional information
In the present system, our alignment with the recommendations is only partial. Achieving full compliance would entail the need for amendments to Polish legislation. The modification of Polish patent law necessitates a parliamentary (governmental) process.
5.1-5.4: in line with Polish law.
5.5 pts 1-2: in practice (see PPO Inventor’s Guide); pt 3: in line with Polish law.
5.7-5.8, 5.10-5.12: in line with Polish law.
The following do not adhere to the recommendations:
5.6 Not in line with Polish law. Dependent claims are "to present various elaborations of the invention or to specify the features indicated the independent claim or of another dependent claim” [Art. 33(4) of the Polish Industrial Property Law]. Therefore PPO's practice is narrower.
5.9 Not in line with Polish law. An applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of inventions (usually independent claims).
5.13 Not in line with Polish law. PPO does not provide the list, but the §12 of the Regulation on Filing and Processing of Patent and Utility Model Applications makes reference to existing provisions of the law. In Poland, legal units of measurement are governed by the Regulation on Legal Units of Measurement, (Dz. U. [Journal of Laws] 2020, item 1024).
PT - Portugal
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? No |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
Additional information
Our office revised in June 2023 the legal document that sets the formal requirements of applications so we could better accommodate the recommendations of this working group.
RS - Serbia
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? Yes |
SE - Sweden
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
No |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
Additional information
The question about tables in claims is not regulated in our jurisdiction. The allowability for such claims would have to be decided in each individual case. For example, if table were used in a claim and resulted in a lack of clarity, a clarity objection would arise.
SI - Slovenia
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? No |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? No |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? No |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
SK - Slovakia
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
No |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? No |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
Additional information
Decree No. 223/2002 Coll. implementing the Act No. 435/2001 Coll. on Patents, Supplementary Protection Certificates and on Amendment of Other Acts (The Patent Act) as amended - www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy/SK/ZZ/2002/223/ (Slovak version)
5.1 Article 5
5.2 Article 5 (1)
5.4 Article 7a
5.6 Article 5 (3)
5.7 Article 5 (3)
5.8 Article (4)
5.10 Article 6 (11)
5.12 Article 7a (8)
SM - San Marino
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. No |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? No |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? Yes |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? No |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? No |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? No |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |
TR - Türkiye
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5.1. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the claims are clear and concise and are fully supported by the description, in line with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 6 PCT)? Yes |
5.2. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the definition of the matter for which protection is sought is in terms of the technical features of the invention? Yes |
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5.3. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, whenever appropriate, claims contain:
Yes |
5.4. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that the claims are typed or printed, without prejudice to more liberal requirements for the purpose of obtaining a filing date? Yes |
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5.5. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that, without prejudice to the requirement of unity of invention, a patent application may contain more than one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
Yes |
5.6. Does your National Patent Office's administrative practice provide that any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") does so by a reference, if possible at the beginning, to the other claim or claims and then states the additional features claimed. Yes |
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5.7. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that all dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, are grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible? Yes |
5.8. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the number of the claims is reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed? Yes |
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5.9. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that the applicant is to pay a fee if they exceed a certain number of claims, which is to be determined by the Offices in accordance with the applicable national law? No |
5.10. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that where the patent application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims are preferably followed by the reference signs relating to those features? Does it provide that when used, the reference signs must preferably be placed between parentheses and that, if including reference signs does not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, they should not be included? Are these reference signs not to be construed as limiting the claim? Yes |
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5.11. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that any claim may contain tables only if the subject-matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable? Yes |
5.12. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide that values are expressed in units conforming to international standards, wherever appropriate in terms of the metric system using SI units and that any data not meeting this requirement must also be expressed in units conforming to international standards? Does it provide that only the technical terms, formulae, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question must be used? Yes |
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5.13. Does your National Patent Office’s administrative practice provide a list or overview of units recognised in international standards and complying with national requirements? No |