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CHAPTER I: Introduction

CHAPTER II: Content of the Application (Other Than Claims)

1.     General                   
2.    Abstract                   
3.    Request For Grant and Title           
4.    Description         
5.    Drawings 
6.    Inventions Relating to Micro-Organism and Biological Material 
7.    Prohibited Matter              

CHAPTER III: The Claims

1.    General                  
2.    Form and Content of Claims      
3.    Kinds of Claim - Categories          
4.    Clarity and Interpretation of Claims                
5.    Conciseness, Number of Claims      
6.    Support in Description          
7.    Unity of Invention                    

Annex to Chapter III: Guidance on Assessment of Unity    

CHAPTER IV: Patentability

1.    General                  
2.    Inventions                  
3.    Further Exclusions From Patentability (Sections 22.6 and 22.4)
4.    Industrial Application Section Medical Inventions Section 22.3
5.    Novelty: Prior Art              
6.    Conflict With Other Philippine Applications            
7.    Test for Novelty              
8.    Non-Prejudicial Disclosures          
9.    Inventive Step              chanroblesvirtualawlibrary

Annex 1 to Chapter IV, 9:
Guidance for the Assessment  of Inventive Step                

Annex 2 to Chapter IV, 9:
Concerning Inventive Step            

CHAPTER V: Priority

1.    The right to Prioriity              
2.    Determining Priority Dates          
2.6    Some Examples of Determining Priority Dates   
3.    Claiming Priority              

CHAPTER VI: Examination procedure

1.    The Start of the Examination     
2.    Examination Procedure in General     
3.    The First Stage of Examination     
4.    Further Stages of Examination     
5.    Amendments                 
6.    Discussion With the Applicant     
7.    Work Within the Examination Divisions               
8.    Searching and the Search Report     
9.    Special Applications             
10.    Time Limits for Response to Communications
          From the Examiner; Requirements on Reply               
11.    Examination of Observations by Third Parties           
12.    Oral Proceedings             
13.    Taking of Evidence             
14.    Grant and Publication of Patents     

CHAPTER VII: Examples

1.    The Problem and Solution Approach               
2.    Patentability and Industrial Application               
3.    Clarity                     
4.    Unity of Invention             
5.    Chemical Problems             
5.1   Patentable Inventions               
5.2  Inventions Relating to Surgery, Therapy, or Diagnostic Methods    
5.3    Novelty
5.4    Inventive Step     
5.5    Disclosure of Invention               
5.6    The Claims         
5.7  Microbiological Processes, Genetic Manipulation,
         and Products Obtained by Such Procedures