T 0317/86 (Title of invention) of 15.04.1988
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1988:T031786.19880415
- Date of decision
- 15 April 1988
- Case number
- T 0317/86
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 81305677.7
- IPC class
- B03C 3/68
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Smidth
- Opponent name
- Metallgesellschaft
Siemens - Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
If the particulars available to the EPO are together sufficient to identify the patent easily and beyond doubt, no deficiency within the meaning of Rule 56(2) EPC exists with regard to the title of the patent being contested by means of an opposition. Either of the numbers (publication number or application number) will normally suffice, provided that all the other particulars given with the notice of opposition together with the file establish beyond all doubt that the patent is the one intended.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 99(1) 1973European Patent Convention R 55(b) 1973European Patent Convention R 56(2) 1973
- Keywords
- Notice of opposition - requirements
Necessity of mentioning title of invention - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
The contested decision is set aside and the case remitted to the first instance.