T 0037/85 (Pouring ladles) of 13.01.1987
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1987:T003785.19870113
- Date of decision
- 13 January 1987
- Case number
- T 0037/85
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 80100163.7
- IPC class
- B22D 11/10B22D 41/06
- 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
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- Applicant name
- Mannesmann
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
In assessing the inventive step involved in an invention based on a combination of features one must consider whether or not the state of the art was such as to suggest to a skilled person precisely the combination of features claimed. The fact that an individual feature or a number of features were known does not conclusively show the obviousness of a combination.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - combination of features
- Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
- T 0387/87T 0458/87T 0120/88T 0139/88T 0278/88T 0095/89T 0096/89T 0147/89T 0656/89T 0098/90T 0223/90T 0584/90T 0596/91T 0757/91T 0412/92T 0514/92T 0055/93T 0471/93T 0656/93T 0666/93T 0713/93T 0876/93T 0991/93T 0731/94T 0027/95T 0146/95T 0400/95T 0512/95T 0779/95T 0172/96T 0869/96T 0880/96T 1004/96T 1018/96T 0062/97T 0741/97T 0811/97T 0823/97T 0844/97T 0406/98T 0421/98T 0515/98T 0746/98T 0936/98T 0722/00T 1921/10
ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The appeal is rejected.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance to maintain the European patent in the amended form submitted at the oral proceedings.