歐洲專利修正規定可參考：
http://enpan.blogspot.tw/2011/04/blog-post_16.html
其中之一：
EPC Rule 137(5)：
修改的權利範圍應不能非關經檢索範圍下的發明概念之外的內容，特別是不能關於"尚未檢索“的特徵，也不能包含因為單一性而未審查的其他獨立範圍
申請人在獲得歐洲專利審查前的檢索報告時，可以作出回應，並適當修改，但最好不要新增專利範圍，特別是其中含有未被此檢索報告所涵蓋的技術特徵，並且任何情況的修改還不見得會被接受。
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Rule 137
Amendment of the European patent application(1) Before receiving the European search report, the applicant may not amend the description, claims or drawings of a European patent application unless otherwise provided.
(2) Together with any comments, corrections or amendments made in response to communications by the European Patent Office under Rule 70a, paragraph 1 or 2, or Rule 161, paragraph 1, the applicant may amend the description,
claims and drawings of his own volition.
(3) No further amendment may be made without the consent of the Examining Division.
(4) When filing any amendments referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3, the applicant shall identify them and indicate the basis for them in the application as filed. If the Examining Division notes a failure to meet either requirement, it may request the correction of this deficiency within a period of one month.
(5) Amended claims may not relate to unsearched subject-matter which does not combine with the originally claimed invention or group of inventions to form a single general inventive concept. Nor may they relate to subject-matter not searched in accordance with Rule 62a or Rule 63.
歐洲專利除了EPC Rule 43(2)(a)(b)(c)的狀況以外，應僅能提出一項獨立範圍：
Rule 43
(2) 歐洲專利申請案在同一個類別中可包括超過一個獨立項的範圍，條件是：(a)複數個相互關聯的產品；(b)產品或裝置有不同用途；(c)特定問題有替代解決方案，而不能僅以一個範圍項表示
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Rule 43
(2) Without prejudice to Article 82, a European patent application may contain more than
one independent claim in the same category (product, process, apparatus or use) only if the
subject-matter of the application involves one of the following:
(a) a plurality of interrelated products,
(b) different uses of a product or apparatus,
(c) alternative solutions to a particular problem, where it is inappropriate to cover these
alternatives by a single claim.
Ron
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