The description shall first state the title of
the invention as appearing in the request and
shall:
(i)
specify the technical field to which the
invention relates;
(ii)
indicate the background art which, as far as
known to the applicant, can be regarded as useful
for the understanding, searching and examination
of the invention, and, preferably, cite the
documents reflecting such art;
(iii)
disclose the invention, as claimed, in such terms
that the technical problem (even if not expressly
stated as such) and its solution can be
understood, and state the advantageous effects,
if any, of the invention with reference to the
background art;
(iv)
briefly describe the figures in the drawings, if
any;
(v)
set forth at least the best mode contemplated by
the applicant for carrying out the invention
claimed; this shall be done in terms of examples,
where appropriate, and with reference to the
drawings, if any; where the national law of the
designated State does not require the description
of the best mode but is satisfied with the
description of any mode (whether it is the best
contemplated or not), failure to describe the
best mode contemplated shall have no effect in
that State;
(vi)
indicate explicitly, when it is not obvious from
the description or nature of the invention, the
way in which the invention is capable of
exploitation in industry and the way in which it
can be made and used, or, if it can only be used,
the way in which it can be used; the term
"industry" is to be understood in its broadest
sense as in the Paris Convention for the
Protection of Industrial Property.
(b)
The manner and order specified in paragraph (a) shall be followed
except when, because of the nature of the
invention, a different manner or a different
order would result in a better understanding and
a more economic presentation.
(c)
Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b), each of the parts
referred to in paragraph
(a) shall preferably be preceded by an
appropriate heading as suggested in the
Administrative Instructions.
Where the international application contains
disclosure of one or more nucleotide and/or amino
acid sequences, the description shall contain a
sequence listing complying with the standard
provided for in the Administrative Instructions
and presented as a separate part of the
description in accordance with that standard.
(b)
Where the sequence listing part of the
description contains any free text as defined in
the standard provided for in the Administrative
Instructions, that free text shall also appear in
the main part of the description in the language
thereof.