Guidelines for Examination:PART C: CHAPTER III CLAIMS, 2. Form and content of claims, 2.3a No two-part form

Guidelines for Examination
PART C
CHAPTER III CLAIMS
2. Form and content of claims
2.3a No two-part form

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PART C
CHAPTER III CLAIMS
2. Form and content of claims

2.3 Two-part form unsuitable

2.3b Two-part form wherever appropriate

2.3a	No two-part form

There is a special instance in which the Rule 29 form of claim should be avoided. This is when the only relevant prior art is another European patent application falling within the terms of Art. 54(3). Such prior art should however be clearly acknowledged in the description (see II, 4.3, last paragraph).

Art. 54(3)