Enlarged Concept of Novelty:  Initial Study Concerning Novelty and the Prior Art Effect of Certain Applications under draft Article 8(2) of the Substantive Patent Law Treaty (SPLT) 

Preliminary Draft [DOC] [PDF]

• Bulgaria  [DOC]
• Denmark  [DOC]
• France  [DOC]
• Germany  [DOC] Eurotab 2/2000 [PDF]
• Indonesia  [DOC]
• Japan  [DOC]
• Moldova  [DOC]
• Morocco  [DOC]
• Netherlands  [DOC]
• New Zealand  [DOC]
• Russian Federation  [DOC]
• Serbia and Montenegro  [DOC]
• Slovakia  [DOC]
• Spain  [DOC]
• Sweden  [DOC]
• United Kingdom  [DOC]
• United States of America  [DOC]
• European Patent Office (EPO) [DOC] EPO Case Law [PDF] Guidelines C-III 4 [PDF] Guidelines C-IV 5-7 [PDF] Guidelines D-V 3 [PDF]
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) [DOC]
• Trade Marks Patents and Designs Federation (TMPDF) [PDF]