7. Glossary
Disclaimer
An amendment to a claim which has the effect of introducing a technical feature into the claim, which normally excludes particular embodiments or fields from a general feature. According to EPO case law, to be acceptable, a disclaimer must have the effect of reducing the subject matter of the protection sought in relation to the original claim.
Human embryo
"Any human ovum from the stage of fertilization, any unfertilized human ovum in which the nucleus of a mature human cell has been implanted and any unfertilized human ovum which, by way of parthenogenesis, has been induced to divide and develop" (
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