European Patent Office

T 0026/81 (Containers) vom 28.10.1981

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:1981:T002681.19811028
Datum der Entscheidung
28. Oktober 1981
Aktenzeichen
T 0026/81
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
78300221.5
IPC-Klasse
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Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Im Amtsblatt des EPA veröffentlicht (A)
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Kammer
3.2.02
Leitsatz

If it is impossible to satisfy the requirement of Rule 27(1)(d) EPC that the invention should be disclosed in such terms that the technical problem and its solution can be understood, - a requirement which is of a mandatory character -, then it will be clear that an invention within the meaning of Article 52 EPC does not exist; but if it is accepted by an Examining Division that an independent claim defines a patentable invention, it must be possible to derive a technical problem from the application. Thus, the requirement of Rule 27(1)(d) EPC can not be set up as a separate formal criterion independent of inventiveness.

Schlagwörter
Claims supported by description
Description and technical problem
Invention solves more than one problem
Unity of invention
Violation of the Rules governing the content of the description
Technical problem and inventiveness
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierte Akten
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ORDER For these reasons, it is decided that:

The Decision of the Examining Division dated 16 March 1981 is set aside. The application is remitted to the Examining Division for continued examination.