T 0017/85 (Filler) of 06.06.1986
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1986:T001785.19860606
- Date of decision
- 6 June 1986
- Case number
- T 0017/85
- Online on
- 6 June 1986
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 80106420.5
- IPC class
- C09C 1/02
- Language of proceedings
- German
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
- Download
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Mineralischer Füllstoff, insbesondere Calciumcarbonat für Farben und Papierbeschichtungsmassen
- Applicant name
- Plüss-Staufer
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
If the preferred numerical range in a citation in part anticipates a range claimed in an application, the said claimed range cannot be regarded as novel at least in cases where the values in the examples given in the citation lie just outside the claimed range and teach the skilled person that it is possible to use the whole of this range.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty (denied)
Selection from a numerical range
Limitation of a numerical range
Amendment of claim - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The contested decision is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the Examining Division for further examination in the light of the claims filed under the alternative request.
3. On all other points the appeal is dismissed.