G 1/06 – Zur Problematik der Teilanmeldungen

Die große Beschwerdekammer hat sich in G 1/06 nun zur Problematik der Teilanmeldungen geäußert.

Leitsatz:

„In the case of a sequence of applications consisting of a root (originating) application followed by divisional applications, each divided from its predecessor, it is a necessary and sufficient condition for a divisional application of that sequence to comply with Article 76(1), second sentence, EPC that anything disclosed in that divisional application be directly and unambiguously derivable from what is disclosed in each of the preceding applications as filed.“