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The computer program exclusion was indeed inserted in the EPC in line with Rule 39.1 PCT, so that Rule 39.1 predates Art. 52(2) and (3) EPC. [7] However, while the PCT condition for excluding computer programs is a question of equipment, the EPC condition is a question of "computer program as such".
A patent application filed under the PCT is called an international application, or PCT application. A single filing of a PCT application is made with a Receiving Office (RO) in one language. It then results in a search performed by an International Searching Authority (ISA), accompanied by a written opinion regarding the patentability of the ...
The Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office (or, for short, the EPO Guidelines) are general instructions, for the examiners working at the European Patent Office (EPO) as well as for the parties interacting with the EPO, [notes 1] on the practice and procedure at the EPO in the various aspects of the prosecution of European patent applications and European patents.
Under European patent practice and case law, lack of unity (of invention) can appear either "a priori", before the prior art was examined, or "a posteriori", after the prior art was examined. An a posteriori lack of unity usually results from a lack of novelty or inventive step of the subject-matter of one independent claim .
pct, an abbreviation for "%" PCT theorem, on parity, charge and time inversions; Perceptual control theory, a model of behavior; Personal Communication Telephone, a mobile telephone service; Polychlorinated terphenyl, an industrial chemical; Polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate, a thermoplastic polyester
Along with concerns about the commodification of human life, the medical community has also warned that gene patents can inhibit the practice of medicine and progress of science. [28] For example, the American Medical Association 's stance is that gene patents inhibit access to genetic testing for patients and hinder research on genetic disease ...
Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination; Acronym: PE: Type: Pencil-and-paper exam; Computer-based exam (Select exams only) Administrator: National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying: Skills tested: Analytical reasoning, quantitative reasoning, discipline-specific subjects: Purpose: Professional licensure: Year started ...
Person-centered therapy (PCT), also known as person-centered psychotherapy, person-centered counseling, client-centered therapy and Rogerian psychotherapy, is a form of psychotherapy developed by psychologist Carl Rogers and colleagues beginning in the 1940s [1] and extending into the 1980s. [2]