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This was a case about the meaning of “industrial application”, which also considered the question of the authority of decisions of the European Patent Office (“EPO”) Boards of Appeal and the importance of policy considerations in the development of patent law
So-called “Earth Closet” orders have been used in patent infringement cases where an alleged infringer requests permission to amend his statement of case to rely on further pieces of prior art
