European Patent Office

T 0161/82 (Electrical contact) vom 26.06.1984

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:1984:T016182.19840626
Datum der Entscheidung
26. Juni 1984
Aktenzeichen
T 0161/82
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
80301975.1
IPC-Klasse
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Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Im Amtsblatt des EPA veröffentlicht (A)
Amtsblattfassungen
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
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Name des Antragstellers
AMP
Name des Einsprechenden
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Kammer
3.5.01
Leitsatz

I. Article 113(1) EPC does not require that the applicant be given a repeated opportunity to comment on the argumentation of the Examining Division so long as the decisive objections against the grant of the European patent remain the same.

II. In cases where an anticipation is of a chance nature, in that what is disclosed in a prior document could accidentally fall within the wording of a claim to be examined for novelty without there being a common technical problem, a particularly careful comparison has to be made between what can fairly be considered to fall within the wording of the claim and what is effectively shown in the document.

Schlagwörter
Novelty - chance anticipation
Reasons for the decision
Right to be heard
Opportunity to present comments
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierte Akten
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ORDER

For these reasons, It is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the Examining Division for further prosecution on the basis of the description and claim as amended in accordance with the applicants' Notice and Grounds of the Appeal filed on 21 September 1982.

3. The applicants' request for refund of the appeal fee is dismissed.