 It also establishes whether the amended claims meet the requirements of (clarity, conciseness and support of the claims) and (the amendments can not add subject-matter going beyond the content of the application as filed and the scope of protection cannot be extended after grant).When examining a request for limitation, "the EPO does not examine whether
The fact that the patentability of the limited patent is not checked by the EPO relies on the fact that the originally granted patent was valid when granted.Issues may however arise as a result of the absence of any check on patentability in rare cases where the priority right is endangered by the limitation.