W 0011/99 (Percarbonate) of 20.10.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:W001199.19991020
- Date of decision
- 20 October 1999
- Case number
- W 0011/99
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
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- IPC class
- C01B 15/10
- Language of proceedings
- German
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
- Download
- Decision in German
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
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- Applicant name
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- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
If, in an international patent application, there are claims directed to products and to a process for the manufacture thereof, it cannot be assumed that there are no corresponding special technical features within the meaning of Rule 13.2 PCT simply because the process can also be used to manufacture other products (see Reasons, points 2.1 to 2.7).
- Relevant legal provisions
- Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 34(3)Patent Cooperation Treaty R 13(2)
- Keywords
- Unity of process claims and product claims, and between product claims themselves (yes)
- Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The reimbursement of the additional examination fees and the protest fee is ordered.