In this seminar recording, Dr Jonathan Wills will discuss the EPO approach to assessing inventions which are defined by parameters, typical clarity problems, and associated sufficiency problems and typical novelty and inventive step problems. Lastly, possibilities for attacking a competitor European application or patent where the invention is claimed using parameter features.

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This seminar was originally recorded for the Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) members only website and has since been made available on our website.