T 0583/93 vom 04.01.1996
- Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
- ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T058393.19960104
- Datum der Entscheidung
- 4. Januar 1996
- Aktenzeichen
- T 0583/93
- Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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- Anmeldenummer
- 85308398.8
- IPC-Klasse
- C08F 2/10
- Verfahrenssprache
- Englisch
- Verteilung
- Im Amtsblatt des EPA veröffentlicht (A)
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- Entscheidung auf Englisch
- Amtsblattfassungen
- Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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- Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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- Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
- Process for the production of a water-soluble polymer dispersion
- Name des Antragstellers
- HYMO
- Name des Einsprechenden
- SNF Floerger
- Kammer
- 3.3.03
- Leitsatz
1. A lack of communication between the Proprietor and its Licensee does not afford sufficient justification upon which the Board can exercise its discretion to admit requests filed at an extremely late stage into the appeal.
2. Whereas according to the Boards' jurisprudence the deletion from a claim of features consistently described as essential is not permissible under Article 123(2) EPC, the converse is not true, so that any attempt to interpret Article 123(2) EPC in the sense that the introduction into a claim of features previously described as non-essential would not be permissible, must fail.
- Relevante Rechtsnormen
- European Patent Convention Art 114(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Schlagwörter
- Late filed claims - not admitted (late filing not sufficiently justified)
Extension beyond contents of application as filed (no) - incorporation of features previously indicated as non-essential permissible
Inventive step - main request (no): technical problem not solved over the whole area - auxiliary request (yes) - after amendment - Orientierungssatz
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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 Opposition Division with the order to maintain the patent with the claim submitted in the course of oral proceedings by way of auxiliary request and after the description has been adapted to that claim.