European Patent Office

T 0212/88 (Theta-1) vom 08.05.1990

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:1990:T021288.19900508
Datum der Entscheidung
8. Mai 1990
Aktenzeichen
T 0212/88
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
82300043.5
IPC-Klasse
C01B 33/28
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Im Amtsblatt des EPA veröffentlicht (A)
Amtsblattfassungen
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
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Name des Antragstellers
British Petroleum
Name des Einsprechenden
ICI PLC
Kammer
3.3.01
Leitsatz

1. A decision cannot be cancelled by the instance which issued it, but can only be corrected under Rule 89 EPC.

2. The correction of a mistake in a decision under Rule 89 EPC has a retrospective effect. 3.. All requests by parties, including any request for apportionment of costs, should be made before announcement of the decision at the conclusion of oral proceedings.

Schlagwörter
Sufficiency (yes)
Commercially available starting materials
Supplementation of specific disclosure by general knowledge
Priority (allowed) - no creation of another invention by addition of error margins to measured parameters
Apportionment of costs (no)
Minutes of the oral proceedings
Correction of error
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 first instance with an order to maintain the patent in accordance with the main request.

3. The request for apportionment of costs by the Appellant is refused.