IPA patent volume-8.-superseded-legislation — IP Australia Patent Manual of Practice and Procedure – Volume 8. Superseded Legislation

Key Topics in this Volume 8.1 Summary of Relevant Legislative Changes 8.2 General Approach to Examination 8.2.1 Restriction of the Report 8.2.2 Not All Claims Previously Searched and/or Examined 8.2.3 Law and Practice Differences 8.3 Amendments 8.3.1 Allowability of Amendments to Complete Specifications 8.3.2 Allowability Under Section 102(1) 8.3.2.1 The Section 102(1) Provisions Explained 8.3.2.2 Section 102(1) Examination Practice 8.3.3 Allowability Under Section 102(2) - General Comments 8.3.3.1 Allowability and Omnibus Claims 8.3.4 Amendments to a Provisional Specification 8.3.5 Opposition to Amendments - Standard Patents 8.4 Novelty 8.4.1 Introduction 8.4.2 Prior Art Information 8.4.3 Exclusions 8.4.3.1 Grace Period 8.4.4 Doctrine of Mechanical Equivalents 8.4.5 Basis of the ＂Whole of Contents＂ Objection 8.4.5.1 Publication Considerations 8.5 Inventive Step 8.5.1 The Statutory Basis for Inventive Step 8.5.2 Prior Art Base 8.5.2.1 Operation of Section 7 8.5.3 Assessing Inventive Step in Examination 8.5.4 Common General Knowledge 8.5.4.1 Common General Knowledge in Australia 8.5.5 Determining the Problem 8.5.6 Identifying the Person Skilled in the Art 8.5.7 Could the PSA have Ascertained, Understood, Regard as Relevant and Combined the Prior Art Information 8.5.7.1 Ascertained 8.5.7.2 Understood 8.5.7.3 Regarded as Relevant 8.5.7.3.1 Document Discloses the Same, or a Similar, Problem 8.5.7.3.2 Document Discloses a Different Problem 8.5.7.3.3 Age of the Document 8.5.7.3.4 Would the Person Skilled in the Art Have Used the Document to Solve the Problem 8.5.7.4 Does the Document Constitute a Single Source of Information 8.5.7.5 Could the PSA be Reasonably Expected to Have Combined the Documents to Solve the Problem 8.6 Innovative Step 8.6.1 Grounds of Examination 8.6.2 Innovative Step 8.6.2.1 Indicators of Inventive Step 8.6.2.2 Examples 8.7 Section 40 Specifications 8.7.1 Overview 8.7.2 What is the Invention? 8.7.2.1 General Considerations 8.7.2.2 Approach in Lockwood v Doric 8.7.2.3 Consistory Clause 8.7.2.4 Requirement for Critical Analysis 8.7.2.5 ＂Essential Features＂ of the Invention 8.7.3 Full Description - Best Method 8.7.3.1 Date for Determining Full Description 8.7.3.2 Can the Nature of the Invention be Ascertained? 8.7.3.3 Compliance with Subsection 40(2) is a Question of Fact 8.7.3.4 Enabling Disclosures 8.7.3.5 Effort Required to Perform the Invention 8.7.3.6 Different Aspects Claimed in Different Claims 8.7.3.7 Inclusion of References 8.7.3.8 Trade Marks in Specifications 8.7.3.9 Colour Drawings and Photographs 8.7.4 Claims Define the Invention 8.7.5 Claims are Fairly Based 8.7.5.1 General Principles 8.7.5.2 Sub-Tests for Fair Basis 8.7.5.3 Relation Between the Invention Described and the Invention Claimed 8.7.5.4 Only Disclosure is in a Claim 8.7.5.5 Alternatives in a Claim 8.7.5.6 Claiming by Results 8.7.5.7 Reach-Through Claims 8.7.5.8 Claims to Alloys 8.7.6 Provisional Specifications 8.7.7 Complete Applications Associated with Provisional Applications 8.8 Patentability Issues 8.8.1 Useful (Utility) 8.9 Abstracts 8.9.1 Amendment of Abstract 8.10 Divisional Applications 8.10.1 Application 8.10.2 Priority Entitlement 8.10.3 Time Limits for Filing Applications 8.10.4 Subject Matter 8.10.5 Amendment of Patent Request - Conversion of Application to a Divisional 8.10.6 Case Management of Divisional Applications 8.11 Priority Dates and Filing Dates 8.11.1 Priority Date of Claims 8.11.2 Priority Date Specific to Associated Applications (Priority Document is a Provisional) 8.11.3 Priority Date Issues Specific to Convention Applications 8.11.4 Priority Date Issues Relating to Amended Claims 8.12 Examination 8.12.1 Introduction 8.12.2 Balance of Probabilities 8.13 Modified Examination 8.14 Petty Patents 8.15 National Phase Applications 8.15.1 Key Features of the Legislation 8.15.2 National Phase Preliminaries 8.15.3 Formality Requirements 8.15.4 Priority Sources 8.15.5 Determining Whether Amendments Made Under Articles and Rules of the PCT are Considered During Examination 8.15.5.1 Determining Whether Article 19 and Article 34 Amendments are Considered During Examination 8.15.6 Amendments During Examination 8.16 Convention Applications 8.16.1 Convention Country Listing 8.16.2 Convention Country Status Change 8.16.3 Basic Application Outside 12 Month Convention Period 8.16.4 Convention Priority Dates 8.17 Patent Deed