European Patent Office

T 0560/89 (Filler mass) vom 24.04.1991

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:1991:T056089.19910424
Datum der Entscheidung
24. April 1991
Aktenzeichen
T 0560/89
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
82100325.8
IPC-Klasse
F17C 11/00
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Nicht verteilt (D)
Amtsblattfassungen
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
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Name des Antragstellers
N.I.Industries
Name des Einsprechenden
Linde
Kammer
3.3.02
Leitsatz

A person skilled in the art who is confronted with a technical problem in a specific technical field would consider consulting another technical field where the same problem is well known to the general public owing to widespread debate thereon, even if this other field is neither a neighbouring field nor a broader general field provided that there exists a relationship between the kinds of materials used in the specific field and those used in this other field (see point 5 of the Reasons for the Decision; further to T 176/84, OJ EPO 1986,50 and T 195/84, OJ EPO 1986,121).

Schlagwörter
Relevant state of the art
Problem well known to the public in a different technical field
Related materials
Inventive step (affirmed) - unexpected function
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 the order to maintain the patent in an amended form on the basis of the European patent specification, pages 1-3 and 6-11 as granted, and pages 4, 5 and 12 as submitted during the oral proceedings.