W 0032/92 (Cervical punch) of 15.10.1992
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1992:W003292.19921015
- Date of decision
- 15 October 1992
- Case number
- W 0032/92
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- PCT/EP1992/00150
- IPC class
- A61B 17/32
- 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
- WISAP
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
There is lack of unity within the meaning of Article 17(3)(a) and Rule 13 PCT if the subject-matters of independent claims including their effects have no inventive common feature in those parts of the claims differing from the closest prior art (following W 6/90, OJ EPO 1991, 438).
- Relevant legal provisions
- Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 17(3)(a)Patent Cooperation Treaty R 13Patent Cooperation Treaty R 40
- Keywords
- Lack of unity a posteriori (yes)
- Catchword
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- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The protest is dismissed.