Singapore Patent Agents QE Paper D Practice Questions - Singapore Patent Agents Qualifying Examination Paper D - Patent Law & Practice Exam

Both Swiss-type claims ('Use of X in the manufacture of a medicament...') and EPC 2000 claims ('X for use in the treatment of...') are accepted and recognized as novel and industrially applicable. Only Swiss-type claims are accepted; EPC 2000 claims are rejected as lacking industrial applicability under Section 16(2). Only EPC 2000 claims are accepted; Swiss-type claims are rejected as being directed to an unpatentable method of manufacture. Second medical use claims are completely prohibited in Singapore as they are deemed to lack novelty over the first medical use.