G 2/98
G 2/98 is an opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued on May 31, 2001, after a point of law was referred to it by the President of the EPO. The case pertains to the interpretation of the legal concept of "the same invention" in . The Enlarged Board of Appeal in G 2/98 provided clarity to that concept.
Namely, the Board held that
In other words, the Board has ruled that a strict interpretation of ‘the same invention’ is appropriate.