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Your invention A + B C
Your invention A + B C
Your invention A + B C New Use Known Use
Your invention
… … A+B A method for making a catalyst A catalyst A method of making a substrate A CNT synthesizing substrate A method of synthesizing CNT Carbon nanotubes A substrate comprising a new catalyst and carbon nanotubes An electron emission device An apparatus for synthesizing CNTs
So your invention could be… -A compound, -An intermediate to a novel and inventive compound, -A process to a novel and inventive compound, -A novel and inventive process, -A new and inventive composition, -New and inventive use of a known compound, -A device comprising a new and inventive compound, -A first medical use of a compound/composition, -A second medical use of a compound/composition, -…
Novelty Invention must be novel at the time of filing An invention shall be considered to be new if it does not form part of the state of the art. The state of the art shall be held to comprise everything made available to the public by means of a written or oral description, by use, or in any other way, before the date of filing of the European patent application.
Inventive step Invention must be inventive at the time of filing An invention shall be considered as involving an inventive step if, having regard to the state of the art, it is not obvious to a person skilled in the art.
Novelty: State of the art (1)
Novelty: State of the art (2)
Novelty: State of the art (3)
Novelty: State of the art (4)
Novelty: State of the art (5)
Novelty/inventive step: Exercices (1) Prior art Wherein R is any substituent Invention
Novelty/inventive step: Exercices (1) Prior art Wherein R is any substituent Invention Novel
Novelty/inventive step: Exercices (1) Prior art Wherein R is any substituent Invention Novel Probably inventive
Novelty/inventive step: Exercices (1) Prior art Wherein R is any substituent Invention
Novelty/inventive step: Exercices (1) Prior art Wherein R is any substituent Invention Not Novel
Novelty/inventive step: Exercices (2) Prior artInvention
Novelty/inventive step: Exercices (2) Prior artInvention Novel
Novelty/inventive step: Exercices (2) Prior artinvention Novel Probably not inventive
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