<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/schema/zthes-1.0.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>362</termId><termName>State of the art</termName><termType>TT</termType><termLanguage>en-EN</termLanguage><termVocabulary>D4RUNOFF</termVocabulary>	<termStatus>active</termStatus>	<termApproval>approved</termApproval>	<termSortkey>State of the art</termSortkey><termNote label="Source"><![CDATA[ <p>EPC, “Article 54 – Novelty”, n.d. https://www.epo.org/en/legal/epc/2020/a54.html.</p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p>Following the European Patente Convention (EPC, Article 54 – Novelty), "the state of the art shall be held to comprise everything made available to the public by means of a written or oral description, by use, or in any other way, before the date of filing of the European patent application"</p>
<p><a href="https://www.epo.org/en/legal/epc/2020/a54.html">https://www.epo.org/en/legal/epc/2020/a54.html</a>.</p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p>Following the European Patente Convention (EPC, Article 54 – Novelty), "the state of the art shall be held to comprise everything made available to the public by means of a written or oral description, by use, or in any other way, before the date of filing of the European patent application"</p>
<p><a href="https://www.epo.org/en/legal/epc/2020/a54.html">https://www.epo.org/en/legal/epc/2020/a54.html</a>.</p> ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>State of the art</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>363</termId><termName>Prior art</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>RT</relationType><termId>364</termId><termName>Innovation</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>