Guidelines for Examination
PART C
CHAPTER VI EXAMINATION PROCEDURE
5. Amendments
5.3 Additional subject-matter
5.3.7 Revision of stated technical problem
 

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PART C
CHAPTER VI EXAMINATION PROCEDURECHAPTER VI EXAMINATION PROCEDURE
5. Amendments5. Amendments
5.3 Additional subject-matter5.3 Additional subject-matter
  5.3.6 Supplementary technical information5.3.6 Supplementary technical information     5.3.8 Reference document5.3.8 Reference document  
 

5.3.7

Revision of stated technical problem

 

Care must also be taken to ensure that any amendment to, or subsequent insertion of, a statement of the technical problem solved by the invention meets Art. 123(2). For example it may happen that following restriction of the claims to meet an objection of lack of inventive step, it is desired to revise the stated problem to emphasise an effect attainable by the thus restricted invention but not by the prior art. It must be remembered that such revision is only permissible if the effect emphasised is one deducible by a person skilled in the art without difficulty from the application as filed (see 5.3.3 and 5.3.4 above).