Role of the patent claims in patent law (Part II.) Extended subject-matter under the European and the Hungarian patent system
Abstract: The present paper attempts to give a comparative account of the regulations relating to admissible and inadmissible amendments in the Hungarian and in the European patent system. The possible types of patent claim amendments - including disclaimers - are discussed in the light of the European and Hungarian legislation and the established case law.
Role of the patent claims in patent law (Part I.) - Certain questions of patentability - state of the art, novelty and inventive step
Abstract: The present paper examines the key requirements of patentability in the Hungarian legal system and in the European legal system defined by the European Patent Convention. The first part of the paper attempts to give a legal and economical account of the "state of the art", which serves as a reference point for novelty and inventive step. The second part of the paper focuses on the practical aspects of examining novelty and inventive step. The later is discussed in the form of a decision model as a proposed way of implementing the problem and solution approach adopted by the European Patent Office.
The analysis of the european priority law in the practice of the european patent office, or how should we claim the priority of a pan for a plastic glass?
Abstract: The present paper attempts to explain the conceptual framework of the priority system defined by the European Patent Convention and the Case Law of the European Patent Office. The first part of the paper gives a short introduction to the code of rules on priority and an insight to the basic characteristics of the European patent system. The second part focuses on the practical aspects of the European priority right by analysing Paper C of the 2007 European qualifying examination.
Differences and similarities between revocation proceedings before the Hungarian Patent Office and opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office
Extending the subject-matter of a patent application in proceedings before the Hungarian Patent Office and in proceedings before the European Patent Office
Priority right, same invention and first application in the light of the European Patent Office's case law - or how to claim the priority of a cooking pan for disposable cups?
What now attorney(candidate)? Recent changes as seen by a patent attorney candidate.
