Yesterday, the European Patent Office published that the new Guidelines 2022 will come into force on 1 March 2022.

Important changes:
- Partial priority considerations (F-IV, 1.5)
- Simulation (technical effect , G-II, 3.3.2)
- Description amendments (F-IV, 4.3)
- inventors' location (A-III, 5.3)
- lack of unity (new examples, F-V, 3.2.4)
- COMVIK approach (new examples, G-VII, 5.4.2.4)