(2) The state of the art shall be held to compriseeverything made available to the public by means of awritten or oral description, by use, or in any otherway, before the date of filing of the European patentapplication.(3) Additionally, the content of European patentapplications as filed, the dates of filing of which areprior to the date referred to in paragraph 2 and whichwere published on or after that date, shall beconsidered as comprised in the state of the art.