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Novelty under the European Patent Convention
Under the European Patent Convention (EPC), European patents shall be granted for inventions which ''inter alia'' are new. The central legal provision explaining what this means, i.e. the central legal provision relating to the novelty under the EPC, is . Namely, "an invention can be patented only if it is new. An invention is considered to be new if it does not form part of the state of the art. The purpose of is to prevent the state of the art being patented again."〔(EPO Board of Appeal Case Law, Special edition 2, Official Journal 2009 ), p. 18. See also (decision T 12/81 of February 9, 1982 ), reasons 5: "(...) The purpose of Article 54(1) EPC is to prevent the state of the art being patented again."〕
== Definition of the "state of the art" ==
Since an invention is considered to be new if it does not form part of the state of the art, the legal concept of "state of the art" is critical for assessing whether an invention is new.
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