From clones to claims : the European Patent Office's case law on the patentability of biotechnology inventions in comparison to the United States and Japanese practice

Preface to the fourth edition -- Ch. 1. Patentable subject matter: legal basis, summary and discussion of the EPO -- Ch. 2. Patentable subject matter: the EPO s case law -- Ch. 3. The person skilled in the art: legal basis, summary, and discussion of the EPO, US and JPO practice -- Ch. 4. The person skilled in the art: the EPO s case law -- Ch. 5. Corrections and amendments: legal basis, summary, and discussion of the EPO, US and JPO practice -- Ch. 6. Corrections and amendments: the EPO s case law -- Ch. 7. Clarity of claims: legal basis, summary, and discussion of the EPO, US and JPO practice -- Ch. 8. Clarity of claims: the EPO s case law -- Ch. 9. Enabling disclosure: legal basis, summary, and discussion of the EPO, US and JPO practice -- Ch. 10. Enabling disclosure: the EPO s case law -- Ch. 11. Deposit: legal basis, summary, and discussion of the EPO, US and JPO practice -- Ch. 12. Deposit: the EPO s case law -- Ch. 13. Priority: legal basis, summary, and discussion of the EPO, US and JPO practice -- Ch. 14. Priority: the EPO s case law -- Ch. 15. Novelty: legal basis, summary, and discussion of the EPO, US and JPO practice -- Ch. 16. Novelty: the EPO s case law -- Ch. 17. Inventive step: legal basis, summary, and discussion of the EPO, US and JPO practice -- Ch. 18. Inventive step: the EPO s case law -- Ch. 19. Decisions of the EPO dealing with procedural issues -- Ch. 20. Examples of claims for a European patent application -- Ch. 21. Examples of claims for a US patent application -- Ch. 22. Examples of claims for a Japanese patent application -- Ch. 23. How to draft the description of a European patent application -- Ch. 24. How to draft the description of a US patent application -- Ch. 25. How to draft the description of a Japanese patent application -- Ch. 26. How to keep notebooks for successful interferences