IP Expert Talk: Amending the description

03/11/2022 4 min
IP Expert Talk: Amending the description

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Episode Synopsis

At the EPO, applicants are usually required to amend the description towards the end of the examination phase. Now, in late 2021 and early 2022, the EPO’s Boards of Appeals rendered two decisions questioning the legal basis for this practice. Which implications do these decisions have for applicants and practitioners?
In this episode, our patent attorneys Dr. Axel Berger and Mathieu de Rooij discuss the decisions and their effects on patent law.